HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ State lawmakers are holding a public
meeting to learn more about allegations of racism and discrimination at the
Department of Children and Families’ juvenile detention facility in Middletown.
Reps. Matthew Ritter and Douglas McCrory, both Hartford
Democrats, are sponsoring Monday’s informational session at the Legislative
Office Building in Hartford. It will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The meeting comes about eight months after a youth service
officer at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, activist and minister
Cornell Lewis, waged a seven-day hunger strike to draw attention to what he
called a racist attitude at the facility. Click here to keep reading.
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