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Advocates urge Connecticut to codify PREA and curb NDAs used to silence survivors
Summary
Advocates on The Paid Leave Podcast described two Senate bills (SB89 and SB5477) to codify PREA protections in Connecticut prisons and another bill (SB355) to limit nondisclosure agreements that silence workplace survivors, arguing state action is needed as federal guidance shifts.
On The Paid Leave Podcast, Beth Hamilton, Executive Director of the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence, said Connecticut should codify the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) into state law to ensure investigations, services and public reporting in carceral settings.
"SB89, which would codify PREA into Connecticut state law," Hamilton said, noting a parallel proposal in SB5477. She told the host that federal PREA guidance has been…
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