A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit asking the state to take emergency action to protect incarcerated individuals from the spread of the novel coronavirus, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Saturday.
The lawsuit, which the ACLU filed in Connecticut Superior Court on April 3, asked the court to order Gov. Ned Lamont and state Department of Correction Commissioner Rollin Cook to release prisoners who were vulnerable to becoming seriously ill from COVID-19, according to an ACLU statement.
The ACLU also asked the state to release persons “being held pre-trial on lesser charges or low bond amounts, being held solely for technical violation of probation or parole, eligible for home confinement or supervised release, or within six months of the end of their sentence” and to submit a plan to protect those who remained incarcerated, the ACLU said.
The organization condemned the judge’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit.
David McGuire, ACLU of Connecticut executive director, called it a “cruel decision” in a statement available online.
"Our hearts go out to the loved ones of incarcerated people, whom the state continues to put in harm’s way from COVID-19. We will not stop fighting, and we are using every tool at our disposal to require Governor Lamont and Commissioner Cook to fulfill their constitutional and moral obligation to protect incarcerated people from COVID-19," said Dan Barrett, ACLU of Connecticut...
from News https://www.ctpost.com/news/coronavirus/article/ACLU-Judge-dismisses-lawsuit-seeking-to-release-15225981.php
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