| Box # | Folder ID | Folder Title | Folder Dates | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 040 | 0035CL-001 | Correction | January-March 1981 | Inmates complain about prison conditions; inmates request transfer to another prison or country; family asserts inmate needs psychological treatment, not jail; information concerning an extradition; f |
| 040 | 0035CL-002 | Correction | April-May 1981 | Constituents express opinions regarding death penalty; constituents urge Governor to impose harsher sentences to reduce crime; inmates report items lost or stolen while in prison; inmate complains abo |
| 040 | 0035CL-003 | Correction | June-August 1981 | Allegation that correction officer at Cheshire is member of Ku Klux Klan and ensuing investigation; constituent opposes extradition; constituents urge Governor to impose harsher sentences to reduce cr |
| 040 | 0035CL-004 | Correction | September 1981 | Suggest using aircraft carriers for prisons; inmate needs psychiatric help, not jail; inmates and family ask Governor to expedite case or reduce sentence; inmates complain about prison conditions; in |
| 040 | 0035CL-005 | Correction | October-December 1981 | Minutes of Judicial/Correction Pre-Trial Working Group; inmates and family request or do not want transfer; friend wants charges dismissed; family requests work release for inmate; information about u |
| 040 | 0035CL-006 | Correction--Biweekly reports | 1981 | |
| 040 | 0035CL-007 | Correction--Pardons and Paroles | 1981 | Inmates and family members request pardon or parole; victim's family feels they are in danger from parolee; inmates complain about Parole Board. [Chronological] |
| 040 | 0035CL-008 | Correction | 1982 | Inmates complain about lack of lighting in cells; neighbors complain about jail in neighborhood; response to audit report; request for information on the death penalty. |
| 040 | 0035CL-009 | Correction | 1983 | Biweekly report (one only); information on sentencing guidelines and the effect of the 1981 law on overcrowding. |
| 040 | 0035CL-010 | Correction | 1985 | Information about placement of inmate in administrative segregation; objection to strip searches; inmate complains about food. |
| 040 | 0035CL-011 | Correction | 1986 | Complaints from inmates; suggestions for improving overcrowding in prisons. |
| 040 | 0035CL-012 | Correction--Semi-monthly reports | 1986 | |
| 041 | 0035CL-013 | Correction | January-February 1987 | Requests for early release or pardon; inmates can't get necessary medical treatment; inmate requests for transfers; inmates complain about correction officers; family requests release of inmate for ph |
| 041 | 0035CL-014 | Correction | March 1987 | Inmates complain about correction officers; inmate requests polygraph test; alleged discrimination because inmate has AIDS; inmates can't get necessary medical treatment; inmate claims cannot be found |
| 041 | 0035CL-015 | Correction | April 1-14, 1987 | Inmates complain about correction officers; inmates claim rights are being violated; inmates can't get necessary medical treatment; inmates claim loss of personal items while in prison; inmates reques |
| 041 | 0035CL-016 | Correction | April 15-30, 1987 | Inmates protest punishment; federal inmate wants to be paroled to Connecticut; inmates want to enter a halfway house; family or inmate requests transfer; inmate or family requests pardon; inmate wants |
| 041 | 0035CL-017 | Correction | May 1987 | Inmates claim rights are being violated; inmate protests punishment; inmate and family request early release, parole, or pardon; inmate complains about correction officers; inmate requests transfer; i |
| 041 | 0035CL-018 | Correction | June 1987 | Family requests inmate's early release because of their financial problems; inmate requests placement in halfway house; inmate claims rights are being violated; inmate seeks protection while in prison |
| 041 | 0035CL-019 | Correction | July 1987 | Friend requests work release for inmate; inmate requests supervised home release; inmates request drug treatment; inmates request appeal of decision by Board of Parole; inmate claims rights are being |
| 041 | 0035CL-020 | Correction | August 1-20, 1987 | Inmates and family request transfer; personnel matters; inmate complains about lack of Spanish speaking counselors; inmate requests appeal of disciplinary hearing findings; inmate requests community r |
| 042 | 0035CL-021 | Correction | August 21-31, 1987 | Inmates complain about correction officers; family and inmates request early or community release; inmate claims that he is being denied privileges; inmates request transfer; inmate claims he is innoc |
| 042 | 0035CL-022 | Correction | September 1987 | Inmate claims rights are being violated; family claims inmate can't get necessary medical treatment; docket of inmate session of Board of Pardons; inmates complain about correction officers; inmate co |
| 042 | 0035CL-023 | Correction | October 1987 | Request Governor's help before Board of Pardons; inmates request transfer; inmate requests sign language teacher; inmates claim rights are being violated; complaint about prison conditions; family req |
| 042 | 0035CL-024 | Correction | November 1-20, 1987 | Inmates request transfer; constituent chastises Governor for allowing detainee to die in jail; inmate claims commissioner did not follow up on his complaints; inmate criticizes judge; inmate requests |
| 042 | 0035CL-025 | Correction | November 21-30, 1987 | Inmate and family request work release; inmate claims rights are being violated; inmate complains about condition of AIDS unit and lack of medical treatment for AIDS patients; personnel matters; inmat |
| 042 | 0035CL-026 | Correction | December 1987 | Inmates and family claim innocence; inmates request treatment programs; inmate requests furlough; parent says child is victim, not perpetrator of crime; inmate claims rights are being violated; inmate |
| 042 | 0035CL-027 | Correction--Board of Pardons | 1987 | Dockets of inmate sessions. |
| 042 | 0035CL-028 | Correction--Pardons | 1987 | Inmates ask Governor for pardon. Governor states he does not have the authority to issue pardons. [Arranged alphabetically by last name of inmate.] |
| 042 | 0035CL-029 | Correction--Paroles | 1987 | Inmates ask Governor for parole or his intervention with the Board of Parole. Governor states he does not have the statutory authority to interfere. [Arranged alphabetically by last name of inmate.] |
| 042 | 0035CL-030 | Correction | January 1988 | Parent concerned for safety of son in prison; inmates claim rights are being violated; inmate requests work release; inmate requests transfer; inmate claims can't get necessary medical treatment; inma |
| 042 | 0035CL-031 | Correction | February-March 15, 1988 | Parent asks for early release for son; inmates want early or work release; inmates complain about treatment in prison and about correction officers; inmate requests admission to treatment program; Yal |
| 043 | 0035CL-032 | Correction | March 16-31, 1988 | Opposition to proposed correctional facility in Norwich; wife requests community release for husband; inmate claims he is innocent; inmate requests transfer; inmates and families claim inmates can't g |
| 043 | 0035CL-033 | Correction | April 1988 | Inmates request hardship discharge or community release; personnel matters; petition urges Governor to use stricter sentencing; inmates and families request transfer; inmates and families claim inmate |
| 043 | 0035CL-034 | Correction | May 1988 | Constituents protest early release program; neighbors request release of individual; inmate wants to become drug counselor; inmate needs treatment, not jail; inmate requests supervised home release; i |
| 043 | 0035CL-035 | Correction | June 1988 | Inmates and family request community release; State Representative critical of temporary housing units at Bridgeport Community Correctional Center inmate requests transfer; inmate wants sentence reduc |
| 043 | 0035CL-036 | Correction | July 1988 | Parent concerned her incarcerated son could be deported; personnel matters; inmates request community release; inmates claim their rights are being violated; alleged discrimination of AIDS patients; h |
| 043 | 0035CL-037 | Correction | August 1988 | Problem of inmate on inmate violence; personnel matters; petition from South Norwalk concerning crime near railroad station; inmates claim can't get necessary medical treatment; inmate protests out-of |
| 043 | 0035CL-038 | Correction | September 1988 | Inmates claim trial not fair; families and inmates request transfer; inmate claims assault by correction officers; inmate complains about prison condition; constituent suggests using military base as |
| 043 | 0035CL-039 | Correction | October 1-12, 1988 | Inmate requests home release; response to audit report; family wants inmate transferred; claim that administration did not investigate inmate's allegation of assault by another inmate; inmate claims a |
| 043 | 0035CL-040 | Correction | October 13-31, 1988 | Inmate requests release; consent judgment in civil case of Valerie West, et al [inmates of the correctional center at Niantic] v. John R. Manson, et al [Department of Corrections] concerning living co |
| 044 | 0035CL-041 | Correction | November 1988 | Complaints about assault by and racism of correction officers; inmates and family request community release; inmate requests death penalty; inmate's family claims he can't get necessary medical treat |
| 044 | 0035CL-042 | Correction | December1-10, 1988 | attorneys defend community release of violent inmate; inmates fear for safety from other inmates; complaints about prison conditions; friend seeks inmate's release; constituents oppose early release o |
| 044 | 0035CL-043 | Correction | December 11-31 | Family seeks extradition of inmate; constituents oppose early release of violent inmates (on December 8, 1988, the rules changed so that violent criminals could no longer by released); inmates complai |
| 044 | 0035CL-044 | Correction--Board of Pardons | 1988 | Minutes of hearings and dockets of cases. |
| 044 | 0035CL-045 | Correction--Pardons | 1988 | Inmates ask Governor for pardon. Governor states he does not have the authority to issue pardons. [Arranged alphabetically by last name of inmate.] |
| 044 | 0035CL-046 | Correction--Paroles | 1988 | Inmates ask Governor for parole or his intervention with the Board of Parole. Victim's family urges Governor to deny parole. Governor states he does not have the statutory authority to interfere. [A |
| 044 | 0035CL-047 | Correction | January 1989 | Complaints about assault by correction officers; constituent opposes early release; request sentence reduction; inmate fears for safety from other inmates; inmate protests disciplinary action; inmate |
| 044 | 0035CL-048 | Correction | February 1989 | Inmate claims he is innocent; constituent opposes early release; inmates complain about correction officers; inmate requests home release; constituents oppose new restrictions on home release in the c |
| 044 | 0035CL-049 | Correction | March-April 1989 | Inmate announces hunger strike; constituent believes inmates need job training and education before release; inmate complains his rights are being violated; employees accuse fellow employee of fraud; |
| 045 | 0035CL-050 | Correction | May 1989 | Inmate requests transfer; protest treatment of anti-abortion protestors while in custody; inmate seeks rehabilitation program; Governor defends policy of using vacant state buildings to house non-viol |
| 045 | 0035CL-051 | Correction | June 1989 | Inmate claims mail is tampered with; inmate requests information on programs available once he is on release; inmate claims rights are being violated; outrage from constituents about correction offic |
| 045 | 0035CL-052 | Correction | July-August 1989 | Protest treatment of anti-abortion protestors while in custody; claims that department wastes money on decorations; family requests parole for inmate; inmate requests transfer; Governor sends comments |
| 045 | 0035CL-053 | Correction | September-October 1989 | Inmates claim they are innocent; inmate claims he can't get necessary medical treatment; inmates and friends request early release; inmate claims rights are being violated; inmate request rehabilitati |
| 045 | 0035CL-054 | Correction | November 1989 | Outrage from constituents about correction officer killing kittens found in inmate's cell; requests for transfers; victim's mother appalled at early release of assailant; inmate claims he did not have |
| 045 | 0035CL-055 | Correction | December 1989 | Constituents upset about light sentence for drug possession; parent feels son not getting proper treatment; inmates request sentence modification or reduction; inmate requests supervised home release |
| 045 | 0035CL-056 | Correction--Memos to/from Commissioner | 1989 | audit reports and responses; Council of State Governments report on Shock Incarceration; notice of and updates on commissary theft investigation; annual report; tightened security planned for Carl Rob |
| 045 | 0035CL-057 | Correction--Board of Pardons | 1989 | Minutes of hearings, and docket of cases. |
| 045 | 0035CL-058 | Correction--Pardons | 1989 | Inmates ask Governor for pardon. Governor states he does not have the authority to issue pardons. [Arranged alphabetically by last name of inmate.] |
| 045 | 0035CL-059 | Correction--Paroles | 1989 | Inmates ask Governor for parole or his intervention with the Board of Parole. Governor states he does not have the statutory authority to interfere. [Arranged alphabetically by last name of inmate.] |
| 046 | 0035CL-060 | Correction | January-February 1990 | Request for Governor to change visitation rules; inmates claim they are innocent; inmate requests treatment program; inmates and families claim inmate is being abused; criticism of home release monito |
| 046 | 0035CL-061 | Correction | March-May 1990 | Inmates complain about treatment; requests for transfer; information about conducting the 1990 federal census; families and inmates request release; constituent objects to home release program. |
| 046 | 0035CL-062 | Correction | June-July 1990 | Families and inmates complain about treatment; inmates claim they are innocent; constituent complains about halfway house; family requests inmate's release; concern for safety of guards and correction |
| 046 | 0035CL-063 | Correction | August-September 1990 | Inmates complain about treatment; guard injured on job needs compensation; constituent concerned about early release of murderer; family requests transfer; inmates request supervised home release; inm |
| 046 | 0035CL-064 | Correction | October-December 1990 | Islamic Community at Enfield submit grievance that they are not allowed to practice their religion; inmate claims sentence is unfair; families and inmates request release of inmate; inmate requests tr |
| 046 | 0035CL-065 | Correction--Memos to/from Commissioner | 1990 | Responses to audit reports; Commissioner's report on department reorganization, including studies on sentencing patterns; County Sheriffs Advisory Board annual report; personnel matter. |
| 046 | 0035CL-066 | [Correction]--[Board of] Pardons | 1990 | Minutes of hearings, and docket of cases. |
| 046 | 0035CL-067 | [Correction]--Pardons | Inmates ask Governor for pardon. Governor states he does not have the authority to issue pardons. [Arranged alphabetically by last name of inmate.] | |
| 046 | 0035CL-068 | [Correction]--Parole | 1990 | Inmates ask Governor for parole or his intervention with the Board of Parole. Governor states he does not have the statutory authority to interfere. Victims protest possible release of murderer. [Arr |
| 047 | 0035CL-069 | [Correction]--Death Penalty | 1985 | Student requests Governor's position on death penalty. |
| 047 | 0035CL-070 | [Correction]--Death Penalty | 1986 | Letters urge Governor to veto the recently passed death penalty bill because children and the retarded or mentally ill could be executed; victim's father critical of Governor's inaction on death penal |
| 047 | 0035CL-071 | [Correction]--Death Penalty | 1987 | Letters for and against the death penalty; appeal to Governor not to invoke death penalty in case of Michael Ross. |
| 047 | 0035CL-072 | [Correction]--Death Penalty | 1988 | Student requests information on death penalty in Connecticut; letters in support of death penalty, particularly for Michael Ross. |
| 047 | 0035CL-073 | [Correction]--Death Penalty | 1989 | Students request information about the death penalty in Connecticut; letters for and against capital punishment; an appeal to not execute Michael Ross. |
| 047 | 0035CL-074 | Correction--Fire Code Violations | January-February 1989 | Reports on fire code violations at state correction facilities and remedial steps taken by the Department. |
| 047 | 0035CL-075 | Correction--Fire Code Violations | March-April 1989 | Reports on fire code violations at state correction facilities and remedial steps taken by the Department. |