SENATOR MAHER RELEASES STATEMENT FOLLOWING MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN LEADERS

Today, State Senator Ceci Maher (D-Wilton), Senate Chair of the Committee on Children, released the following statement following a Tuesday virtual meeting between leaders of the Committee on Children and the Department of Children and Families, providing an update into investigations related to an ongoing Waterbury legal case where a woman is accused of holding a relative captive for two decades:

“As the ongoing, extremely disturbing Waterbury case proceeds, we need to understand how it evolved so we can better protect children now and in future circumstances,” said Sen. Maher. “In an important conversation this afternoon, DCF provided increased transparency and described how their procedures have evolved over the last 20 years as well as promised to release a statement. I hope to receive more updates from them as more information is available with the ongoing legal case. I will continue working with colleagues and advocates to review and update our statutes for DCF and educational oversight to make sure horrors like these do not occur again.”