BIG WIN!!
SB 497 Was Voted out of
THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE!
Big news!
We are one step closer to securing food access for people with supervision violations. This bill will also secure SNAP for veterans, caretakers, seniors, and other vulnerable people.
TAKE ACTION
Contact your state Senators and State Representatives and tell the to vote YES on SB 497!
Contact Diana Martinez if you have questions or need assistance.
FREE CT Action Alert for Senate Bill 497 asking people to contact their legislator and ask for them to support the legislation.
FREE CT Action Alert for Senate Bill 497 asking people to contact their legislator and ask for them to support the legislation.
Use this tool to write an email to your legislators asking them to support SB 497!
We are fighting to reform the probation system by eliminating incarceration for noncriminal technical violations, introducing earned time credit and removing burdensome supervision fees in order to incentivize success, reduce caseloads and reduce the trauma of arrest.
Probation was designed to be an alternative to incarceration. Instead, it has become a direct pathway into the prison system, creating an endless cycle of supervision and incarceration, while also acting as a barrier to resources and support that would effectively target some of the root causes of crime, such as food insecurity.
Instead of following its vision to act as a leader in progressive reforms with reentry initiatives as a primary focus, Connecticut DOC chooses to uphold targeted, biased, and unjust systems. As of June 1st 2025, more than 32,000 people are on probation in Connecticut – three times the number of those incarcerated.
Food insecurity is rampant in the U.S.; 41.7 million people — nearly 1 in 8 Americans — receive SNAP benefits.
This chilling effect has a broad impact on the probation population because so many people who are on probation are also poor.
Cultivating Justice, is leading the F.R.E.E. CT campaign, which works at the intersection of food justice and criminal justice to dismantle barriers in Connecticut’s social safety net that impede successful community reentry for justice system-impacted individuals.
Food insecurity is rampant in the U.S.; 41.7 million people — nearly 1 in 8 Americans — receive SNAP benefits.
A patchwork of statutes and administrative choices limits access to the food assistance program SNAP for some people on probation. by Aleks Kajstura, February 24, 2026 Making sure people have food to eat is one of the most important ways to support them when they’re on probation. But there is a legislative patchwork across the U.S. that prevents and deters people
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