“My members believe we’re already at a crisis population,” said Jon Pepe, president of a correction officers union. “We’re only managing them because the population is letting us manage them.”....State Representative Toni E. Walker of New Haven said that halting parole removes inmates’ incentive to cooperate, and “you take away their hope.”

In addition to stopping parole, prosecutors are demanding more prison time in plea bargains and judges are imposing longer sentences.

It's never a good idea to change policy or enact new laws based on a singular event, no matter how horrific. Cooler heads are needed.

A better idea would be to follow through with this plan:

Recent measures aimed at relieving congestion and reducing recidivism have fared better, like electronic monitoring and granting “transitional release” to those near the end of their sentences.

Connecticut's prison population now stands at over 19,000, far more than its capacity. It looks like Connecticut will find out the hard way that it can't jail itself out of its crime problem.