New Agency Initiatives
The Department of Correction is committed to the three overarching themes within the department’s current strategic plan, one of which is ‘efficiency’.
As the largest state agency, we strive to operate utilizing a lean approach reducing redundancy and eliminating wasteful processes that fail to add value, with the goal to enhance our overall operations while maintaining safety and security.
We value input from Connecticut’s taxpayers and welcome constructive suggestions that present a positive and fiscally responsible department-wide impact. Please take a moment to review content shown below and submit your efficiency-specific suggestions to doc.efficiency@ct.gov. Thank you.
PDF version of Strategic Goals (PDF, 231 KB)
Agency Mission
The Department of Correction shall strive to be a global leader in progressive correctional practices and partnered re-entry initiatives to support responsive evidence-based practices aligned to law-abiding and accountable behaviors. Safety and security shall be a priority component of this responsibility as it pertains to staff, victims, citizens and offenders.
Vision
Re-victimization is reduced by providing offenders the tools and resources to make positive changes for a successful transition back into the community.
More Information
- Strategic Plan - State of CT Department of Correction
- Second Chance Society Initiatives - State of CT Department of Correction
- Commissioner Semple Reflects On His Trip to Germany
- More on the Germany trip:
- Other Publications
- Statistics
Related News Articles
- 05/11/2017 – Medium .com: Correcting Corrections in CT How Commissioner
- 03/14/2017 – CT Mirror: Young Inmates Tell Malloy About a New Way In An Old Prison
- 03/13/2017 - Hartford Courant: New Prison Program Pairs Mentors With Young Offenders
- 03/13/2017 – New Haven Register: Connecticut Prison in Cheshire Launches Program to Help Young Males
- 03/05/2017 – CT Mirror: ‘To Focus On Young Adults Who Are in Prison Is Very Cutting Edge’
- 01/23/2017 – CT Mirror: A Prison Experiments with the Young, Restless and Neuroscience
- 12/07/2016 – CT News Junkie: Malloy Mothballs Part of Prison As Population Declines
- 12/06/2016 – CT for One Standard of Justice: How Connecticut Became a Model For Prison Reform
- 11/21/2016 – CT Mirror: A Peek Behind Bars, and An Invitation to Reimagine Prison
- 04/02/2016 – CT News Junkie: Malloy's Second Chance Initiative Continues to Evolve (DOC DUI Unit)
- 04/01/2016 – CT Network: DOC's DUI Unit Dedication Ceremony at the Cybulski Community Reintegration Center
- 04/01/2016 – WFSB: Special Unit Created in Prison to Help DUI Offenders
- 04/01/2016 – Hartford Courant: State Opens 'Reintegration Center' for DUI Offenders
- 02/26/2016 – WNPR: Shrinking Prison Population in CT Shifts Focus of Correctional System
- 02/17/2016 – CT Network: Governor Malloy Meets With Inmates at York Correctional Institution and Announces the Opening of a Reintegration Center for Female Offenders
- 02/17/2016 – WTNH: Governor Visits York Correctional, Inmate Says New Program Helps Her Anger
- 02/17/2016 – The Day: Malloy Announces Opening of New Reintegration Unit at Niantic Prison (York Correctional Institution)
- 02/17/2016 – NBC: Women's Prison Changing Image of Corrections
- 02/17/2016 – CT Mirror: A New Approach to Prepping Women to Leave Prison
- 02/17/2016 – WFSB: Reintegration Center Opens at a Correctional Institute as Part of Second Chance Society
- 01/12/2016 – CT Mirror: A Governor, a Commissioner and a New Take On Prison
- 01/04/2016 – NY Times: Connecticut's Second Chance Society
- 12/17/2015 – Associated Press: Connecticut To Open Prison For 18-25 Year Olds
- 12/17/2015 – Hartford Courant: Connecticut To Open Prison For 18- To 25- Year-Olds
- 11/30/2015 – CBIA/Business Minute: CT Correction Reform
- 11/09/2015 – CT Mirror: Malloy Goes Extra Mile to Thank Challenge These Vets
- 04/21/2015 – CT Mirror: A Connecticut Prison Is Rededicated to Sending Men Home
- 04/21/2015 – CT Network: Coverage of CT DOC Cybulski Reintegration Center Rededication
- 04/21/2015 – The Day: Enfield Prison Rededicated To Helping Succeed in Society