Connecticut's prison population is heading for its fourth consecutive monthly increase, a trend likely to put a damper hopes that a prison closure could help balance the state's budget. The population approached 18,600 Tuesday, largely because of a jump in the number of unsentenced inmates.
September 1, 2010
Connecticut's prison population stood poised Tuesday to record its fourth consecutive monthly increase, a trend likely to put a damper hopes that a prison closure could help balance the state's budget.
The latest surge in the inmate population, which approached 18,600 Tuesday, was attributed largely to an unanticipated jump in the number of unsentenced prisoners. Read more
