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We have been named a Champion in Action by Citizen’s...

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:12:14 -0400

We have been named a Champion in Action by Citizen’s Bank!

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NHR: Teen on dirt bike dies; driver still in hospital (updated)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:59:43 -0400

NHR: Teen on dirt bike dies; driver still in hospital (updated): “Payne said his son has being unfairly portrayed, and that unfair treatment by the criminal justice system had pushed him onto the streets…”

NHI - Cops To Get "Aggressive"

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:36:11 -0400

NHI - Cops To Get "Aggressive": “That doesn’t mean “excessive,” New Haven’s new chief told a Dixwell audience, as he vowed to start seizing kids’ dirt bikes and not view police officers as “social workers.”

Mayor criminalizes youth in comment about dirt bike - van collision in Newhallville (via New Haven Independent)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:04:00 -0400

Mayor criminalizes youth in comment about dirt bike - van collision in Newhallville (via New Haven Independent)

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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:23:26 -0400

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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:23:02 -0400

Summer Institute launched this week - we are in our fifth year!

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:22:35 -0400

Summer Institute launched this week - we are in our fifth year!

NBC 30: New Juvenile Court, Detention Center Finished

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:28:53 -0400

NBC 30: New Juvenile Court, Detention Center Finished

Conn Post: New girls' facility expected by 2010

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:28:17 -0400

Conn Post: New girls' facility expected by 2010

"Mr. Obama’s three-year stretch as a grass-roots organizer has figured prominently, if not..."

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:04:20 -0400

“Mr. Obama’s three-year stretch as a grass-roots organizer has figured prominently, if not profoundly, in his own narrative of his life. Campaigning in Iowa, Mr. Obama called it “the best education I ever had, better than anything I got at Harvard Law School,” an education that he said was “seared into my brain.” He devoted about one-third of the 442 pages in his memoir, “Dreams From My Father,” to chronicling that Chicago organizing period.”

- New York Times: In Organizing, Obama Led While Finding His Place

New Haven Independent: How City Hall Spins Embarrassing News

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:08:49 -0400

New Haven Independent: How City Hall Spins Embarrassing News

New York Times: Editorial - Don’t Teach Our Children Crime

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:32:49 -0400

New York Times: Editorial - Don’t Teach Our Children Crime

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Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:52:34 -0400

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Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:58:18 -0400

In 2005, Governor Rell stated on closing CJTS: “Incarceration of...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:56:00 -0400

In 2005, Governor Rell stated on closing CJTS:

“Incarceration of juveniles is meaningless without a clear focus on education, treatment and rehabilitation. We must have the courage to do what is right for these students, acknowledge that change is necessary and effect that change,” Governor Rell said. “The cost of failing to provide meaningful change in these lives is far too high – too high in terms of dollars, wasted lives and defeated dreams.”

On February 10, 2008 the Courant reported:

“Nearly three years after pledging to close the troubled Connecticut Juvenile Training School for boys in Middletown, Gov. M. Jodi Rell is not only keeping the high-security facility open, but is more than doubling the number of children there.

Rell has included $8 million in her proposed mid-term budget to expand the school’s programs to handle an additional 120 children.”

Click here to read the recent Courant article (pictured above) and vote on Rell’s performance.

The documentary premiere of No Haven was featured on Media...

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:31:24 -0400

The documentary premiere of No Haven was featured on Media Minutes, the audio blog for Free Press.

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Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:45:26 -0400

New Haven Register: No plan emerges to combat violence

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:45:14 -0400

New Haven Register: No plan emerges to combat violence