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By Linda Tishler Levinson
A proposal before the state Legislature’s Judiciary Committee would change the way the prison population is counted and drastically change the overall population count in some north central Connecticut towns. Of the state Department of Correction’s 20 facilities, six are located in north central Connecticut, with two in
Somers, three Enfield and one in Suffield. The most drastic effect would be on the population of Somers. According to the Department of Correction, as of February 2016, the Northern Correctional Institution in Somers houses 252 inmates, and the Osborn Correctional Institution, also in Somers, houses 2,018 inmates. The state’s web-
site reports the population of Somers as 10,774. In Enfield, with a reported population of 43,570, the Willard Cybulski Correctional Institution houses 1,149
inmates, and the Carl Robinson Correctional Institution houses 1,264 inmates. The Willard Cybulski
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