Connecticut prison population falls below 14,000 inmates

HARTFORD — Connecticut’s prison population has fallen below 14,000 inmates to its lowest level since 1994.
The state Department of Correction reported that it had 13,917 inmates as of Thursday.
That is down from a high of about 19,900 in 2008.
The department says the population at the York Correctional Institution, the state’s only prison for women, was at 942, its lowest since 1996.
Correction Commissioner Scott Semple credits a combination of factors for the low offender popu