Maia Nehme
Staff Reporter
maia_nehme | maia.nehme@yale.edu
Maia Nehme covers cops, courts and Latine communities for the News. She previously covered housing and homelessness. Originally from Washington, D.C., she is a sophomore in Benjamin Franklin College majoring in History.
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MAIA NEHME
Incarcerated hunger strikers call for Connecticut prison reform

Two prisoners at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution have refused to eat since Sept. 16, citing flawed mental health treatment and excessive lockdowns at the facility.

September 23, 2024

MAIA NEHME & ARIELA LOPEZ
NHPD, YPD plan crackdown on “Kia Boyz,” auto thefts

University and municipal police departments around New Haven county are negotiating setting up a task force to deal with heightened auto theft in the area — largely by adolescents.

September 19, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Department of Justice requires youth correctional facility to end disciplinary isolation

A recent agreement between the Justice Department and the state Department of the Correction will eliminate disciplinary isolation and improve conditions at Manson Youth Institution.

September 15, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Audit uncovers financial mismanagement, delayed medical care at Department of Correction

The Department of Correction overpaid an employee by over $163,000 in 2020 and 2021, according to a recent audit that also spotlighted 20 related findings.

September 13, 2024

MAIA NEHME
State subcommittee strives to support girls in juvenile justice system

The group will develop rehabilitative policies for girls in the juvenile justice system and streamline human trafficking data collection — an approach that has been questioned for its gender-specific scope.

September 5, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Civil rights attorney stepping into interim prison oversight role

DeVaughn Ward, who has litigated cases against Connecticut’s Department of Correction, will soon oversee the department as interim ombudsman starting Sept. 23.

September 3, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Governor Lamont nominates new chief justice, vacancy still stands

If appointed, Associate Justice Raheem Mullins would become the second Black chief justice on Connecticut’s Supreme Court, yet his nomination still leaves the open seat on the court.

September 2, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Coalition urges Governor Lamont to boost diversity of state judiciary

An opening on the state Supreme Court has sparked discussion of the value of demographic and professional diversity in a judiciary dominated by former corporate attorneys.

August 28, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Emerson Tenants Union calls for collective bargaining, city action in burst pipe case

At Saturday’s Rally for Safe Living Conditions, the union’s leaders and protesters demanded responses from both their landlord and the city.

April 15, 2024

MAIA NEHME & EMILY KHYM
PROFILE: Connecticut For All fights inequality statewide 

The coalition — composed of almost 70 labor, community and faith organizations — strives for a more economically just Connecticut.

April 15, 2024

MAIA NEHME & ZACHARY SURI
State Housing Committee advances just cause eviction legislation

The legislation, backed by tenant advocates, is part of a multiyear battle to improve renter protections.

March 7, 2024