Dwindling oversight heightens concern over medical, mental health care for inmates
JACQUELINE RABE THOMAS | CT MIRROR
Early one recent morning, an inmate at the state’s lone women’s prison gave birth in her prison cell.
That incident – as well as large budget cuts, a lack of outside oversight and a history of complaints – have fueled concerns among some legislators and civil rights groups about the quality of medical and mental health care being provided to inmates.
Care for the 14,000 inmates the state i ...