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The Connecticut State Farm and Reformatory for Women opened in 1918, with 12 inmates. It was a working farm, and the incarcerated women worked on the farm and engaged in recreational activities, such as square dancing and hobby classes; they also had the use of a library and worship room. [3]
Ellen Cheney Johnson (December 20, 1829 – June 28, 1899) was an American prison reformer.She founded the New England Women's Auxiliary Association to the United States Sanitary Commission, worked with homeless and vagrant women after the Civil War through the Dedham Asylum for Discharged Female Prisoners, and served as superintendent of the Massachusetts Reformatory Prison for Women at ...
This is a list of current and former state prisons in Connecticut. [1] These prisons are overseen by the Connecticut Department of Correction. This list does not include federal prisons located in the state of Connecticut. There are no county jails in Connecticut, all inmates are in custody of the Department of Correction. [2]
Cheshire Correctional Institution is a Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men located in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut.The facility was built beginning in 1910, partly by the inmates of the Wethersfield State Prison, and opened in 1913 as the Chester Reformatory for male youths ages 16 to 24.
More than 300 U.S. farm and commodity groups urged Congress in a letter on Monday to pass a long-delayed farm spending bill before the end of the year, as farmers face a projected decline in income.
The site has been known as the New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford Hills, and later as Westfield State Farm. [4] Under the name Westfield State Farm, it housed 487 women in 1930, and 645 in 1940. [7] Census Enumeration of Westfield State Farm (1940) A prison nursery was first established upon the opening of the prison, in 1901.
Concern for animal welfare resurges in the 1950s, resulting in the federal Humane Slaughter Act [10] and the Animal Welfare Act. [11] 1966-2016: Intensive animal agriculture continues to grow, with the number of land animals slaughtered for food in the U.S. growing from 2.4 billion in 1965 to 9.2 billion in 2015. [12]
Motor vehicle accidents: State Farm insurance estimates that more than 10,000 deer in Connecticut are hit by cars each year. [31] But the state Department of Environmental Protection estimates only 3,000 deer-motor vehicle accidents occur annually. [29] State policy is to bury deer carcases by the side of the road where they were hit. [31]