[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6488-6489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01127]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Connecticut Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
(Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a 
briefing meeting of the Connecticut Advisory Committee to the 
Commission will convene at 9:30 a.m. (EST) on Tuesday, February 7, 
2017, in the Old Judiciary Room of the Capitol Building, 210 Capitol 
Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106.

DATES: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 (EST). at 9:30 a.m.--Briefing Meeting 
and Public Session

ADDRESSES: Old Judiciary Room of the Capitol Building, 210 Capitol 
Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Delaviez at [email protected], or 
202-376-7533.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the briefing meeting is to 
examine the issue of solitary confinement in Connecticut correctional 
facilities. The Committee will hear from elected officials, correction 
officials, advocates, former inmates, and family members of 
incarcerated prisoners. The public is invited to the meeting and 
encouraged to address the committee following the presentations.
    If other persons who plan to attend the meeting require other 
accommodations, please contact Evelyn Bohor at [email protected] at the 
Eastern Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the 
scheduled date of the meeting.
    Time will be set aside at the end of the briefing so that members 
of the public may address the Committee after the formal presentations 
have been completed. Persons interested in the issue are also invited 
to submit written comments; the comments must be received in the 
regional office by Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Written comments may be 
mailed to the Eastern Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20425, faxed to 
(202) 376-7548, or emailed to Evelyn Bohor at [email protected]. Persons 
who desire additional information may contact the Eastern Regional 
Office at (202) 376-7533.
    Records and documents discussed during the meeting will be 
available for public viewing as they become available at http://facadatabase.gov/committee/meetings.aspx?cid=239 and clicking on the 
``Meeting Details'' and ``Documents'' links. Records generated from 
this meeting may also be inspected and reproduced at the Eastern 
Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the 
meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are 
advised to go to the Commission's Web site, www.usccr.gov, or to 
contact the Eastern Regional Office at the above phone number, email or 
street address.

Tentative Agenda

Welcome and Introductions
    David J. McGuire, Chair, Connecticut Advisory Committee
Opening Statement
    David J. McGuire, Chair, Connecticut Advisory Committee

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Briefing Meeting
    Panel I--Elected Officials and Correction Officials
    Panel II--Professors, Advocates, and former inmates and family 
members of prisoners.

    Dated: January 12, 2016.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2017-01127 Filed 1-18-17; 8:45 am]
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