New Agency Initiatives
Agency Mission
The Department of Correction shall strive to be a global leader in progressive correctional practices and partnered re-entry initiatives to support responsive evidence-based practices aligned to law-abiding and accountable behaviors. Safety and security shall be a priority component of this responsibility as it pertains to staff, victims, citizens and offenders.
Vision
Re-victimization is reduced by providing offenders the tools and resources to make positive changes for a successful transition back into the community.
More Information
- Second Chance Society Initiatives - State of CT Department of Correction
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- 05/11/2017 – Medium .com: Correcting Corrections in CT How Commissioner
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- 03/13/2017 - Hartford Courant: New Prison Program Pairs Mentors With Young Offenders
- 03/13/2017 – New Haven Register: Connecticut Prison in Cheshire Launches Program to Help Young Males
- 03/05/2017 – CT Mirror: ‘To Focus On Young Adults Who Are in Prison Is Very Cutting Edge’
- 01/23/2017 – CT Mirror: A Prison Experiments with the Young, Restless and Neuroscience
- 12/07/2016 – CT News Junkie: Malloy Mothballs Part of Prison As Population Declines
- 12/06/2016 – CT for One Standard of Justice: How Connecticut Became a Model For Prison Reform
- 11/21/2016 – CT Mirror: A Peek Behind Bars, and An Invitation to Reimagine Prison
- 04/02/2016 – CT News Junkie: Malloy's Second Chance Initiative Continues to Evolve (DOC DUI Unit)
- 04/01/2016 – CT Network: DOC's DUI Unit Dedication Ceremony at the Cybulski Community Reintegration Center
- 04/01/2016 – WFSB: Special Unit Created in Prison to Help DUI Offenders
- 04/01/2016 – Hartford Courant: State Opens 'Reintegration Center' for DUI Offenders
- 02/26/2016 – WNPR: Shrinking Prison Population in CT Shifts Focus of Correctional System
- 02/17/2016 – CT Network: Governor Malloy Meets With Inmates at York Correctional Institution and Announces the Opening of a Reintegration Center for Female Offenders
- 02/17/2016 – WTNH: Governor Visits York Correctional, Inmate Says New Program Helps Her Anger
- 02/17/2016 – The Day: Malloy Announces Opening of New Reintegration Unit at Niantic Prison (York Correctional Institution)
- 02/17/2016 – NBC: Women's Prison Changing Image of Corrections
- 02/17/2016 – CT Mirror: A New Approach to Prepping Women to Leave Prison
- 02/17/2016 – WFSB: Reintegration Center Opens at a Correctional Institute as Part of Second Chance Society
- 01/12/2016 – CT Mirror: A Governor, a Commissioner and a New Take On Prison
- 01/04/2016 – NY Times: Connecticut's Second Chance Society
- 12/17/2015 – Associated Press: Connecticut To Open Prison For 18-25 Year Olds
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- 11/30/2015 – CBIA/Business Minute: CT Correction Reform
- 11/09/2015 – CT Mirror: Malloy Goes Extra Mile to Thank Challenge These Vets
- 04/21/2015 – CT Mirror: A Connecticut Prison Is Rededicated to Sending Men Home
- 04/21/2015 – CT Network: Coverage of CT DOC Cybulski Reintegration Center Rededication
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