Connecticut Code § 51-27h

Courthouse facilities to include secure room for victims of family violence crimes and advocates
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The Chief Court Administrator shall provide in each court where family matters or family violence matters are heard or where a domestic violence docket, as defined in section 51-181e , is located a secure room for victims of family violence crimes and advocates for victims of family violence crimes which is separate from any public or private area of the court intended to accommodate the respondent or defendant or the respondent's or defendant's family, friends, attorneys or witnesses and separate from the office of the state's attorney, provided that in courthouses constructed prior to July 1, 2021, such a room is available and the use of such room is practical.

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