Ashad Hajela
Former StaffAshad Hajela was the Tow Fellow for Race, Youth and Justice as part of The Accountability Project at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, the newsroom’s investigative reporting initiative.
He was previously a Report for America corps member at Spotlight PA State College, where he wrote about rural affairs. Prior to that, he covered public safety at The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC.
Hajela was a Stabile Fellow at Columbia Journalism School and attended New York University.
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Lawyer DeVaughn Ward says health care access will be one of his top priorities in his new role as the interim ombudsman for the state corrections system. -
Court documents show that parts of the Q buildings at Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers were found to have elevated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs. -
Members of the state's Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee are looking at how to provide more equitable access diversionary programs. -
A workgroup of the state's Juvenile Justice and Policy Oversight Committee is studying access to diversionary programs for youth. -
A water main break cut off water at the Osborn, Robinson and Cybulski correctional facilities in Enfield and Somers, according to prison officials. -
The ombuds position has remained vacant due in part to a disagreement among Lamont, lawmakers and an advisory panel over who should fill the role. -
Health officials cited Johnson Memorial Hospital last year after learning its chief administrative officer was only present at the facility one day a week. It has since hired an executive director responsible for day-to-day management. -
Most ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø prisons have centralized cooling systems. But that isn't the case at Osborn Correctional Institution, a medium security prison in Somers that houses more than 1,100 people. -
Osborn Correctional Institution, a medium security prison in Somers, lacks a central cooling system outside its medical unit and school area. -
The number of educational staff working in the prison school district sank near its lowest level in the last two decades during the 2022-23 school year, according to a recent annual report.
