While prisoner's rights issues don't usually resonate with the public, we feel obligated to comment on several recent events concerning prisoners here in Connecticut.
In Danbury, the federal correction facility has housed female prisoners. Most of these women, in excess of one thousand, are from the Northeast. Several months ago, the Bureau of Prisons announced that it would be converting the prison to an all-male prison and transferring the females to a location in Alabama. Some women had already been transferred when grassroots opposition galvanized several politicians to criticize the move, thereby convincing the bureau to reconsider this misguided decision.
