{"id":18663,"date":"2026-03-24T10:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=18663"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:36:08","slug":"ct_sb503","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/24\/ct_sb503\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prison Policy Initiative submits testimony in favor of SB503 to improve young adult sentencing in Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 18, 2026, the Prison Policy Initiative submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cga.ct.gov\/2026\/juddata\/TMY\/2026SB-00503-R000318-Staudt, Sarah, Policy and Advocacy Director-Prison Policy Initiative-Supports-TMY.PDF\">written testimony<\/a> in the Connecticut Legislature in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cga.ct.gov\/asp\/cgabillstatus\/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&#038;bill_num=SB00503&#038;which_year=2026\">SB 503<\/a>, \u201cAn Act concerning the sentencing of and parole eligibility for individuals whose offense was committed when such individual was under the age of twenty-six years.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nThis bill extends important parole eligibility and sentencing provisions that apply to people who were under 21 at the time of their offense to people who were under 26, reflecting scientific research that shows that brain development continues during people\u2019s early 20s. <\/p>\n<p>\nIf you are a criminal legal system reform advocate or legislator who would like to talk to our Advocacy department about providing testimony for a bill, please reach out to us using our <a href=\"\/contact.html?topic=Advocacy_Assistance\">contact form<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SB 503 would include people in their early 20s in important sentencing and parole provisions that consider age and maturity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[93],"class_list":["post-18663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testimony","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18663"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18701,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18663\/revisions\/18701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18663"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=18663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}