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Partner Tadhg Dooley Quoted in the Media on Correctional Reform
On January 12-13, 2024, Partner Tadhg Dooley was quoted in several articles describing the Connecticut Correction Advisory Committee’s selection of finalists to be appointed by Governor Lamont as the state’s first Correction Ombuds.
Both the Correction Advisory Committee and the Office of Correction Ombuds were created in the PROTECT Act of 2022, as part of a wide ranging effort toward correctional reform in Connecticut. Tadhg, as co-chair of the Correction Advisory Committee, presided over a four-hour hearing at the Capitol on January 11th, at the end of which, the Committee selected civil-rights attorney Kenneth Krayeske as their top choice for the new position, followed by longtime correctional reform advocate Barbara Fair, and state public defender Hilary Carpenter. The governor will have one month to make an appointment from among the three finalists.
Tadhg was quoted in the CT News Junkie and was quoted praising Krayeske for “the thought and detail that he had put into his plan for the first year of the office,” and calling on “the members of the Appropriations Committee, members of the Judiciary Committee and others to do more in this upcoming short session [of the legislature] to fully fund this office.”
- To read the CT News Junkie article, “Civil Rights Lawyer Krayeske Tops List of Finalists for Prison Ombudsman Position,” click here.
- To read the CT Examiner article, “New Haven Attorney Tapped For State Correction Ombuds Role,” click here.
- To read the Hartford Courant article, “This CT attorney recommended to lead Department of Correction oversight. You might know his name,” click here.
