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| Prison warden relieved of duty |
| By Rutland Herald |
| Published: 09/27/2004 |
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The warden of a private Kentucky prison that was the scene of a riot two weeks ago was replaced last Monday, the latest fallout from an uprising in which nearly two dozen Vermont inmates took part. According to Vermont Corrections Commissioner Steven Gold, the number of inmates involved in the riot could be 23, about six times more than originally thought. He said that "a much larger group has been identified" by the jail's operator, Corrections Corp. of America, which last week said only four Vermont inmates were involved in the riot. CCA, meanwhile, announced it had replaced the warden at the Lee Adjustment Center in Beattyville, Ky., with the man who was responsible for managing the riot and its aftermath. Randy Stovall, who until last week was warden at one of the company's other prisons, took over for Randy Eckman, who had been warden at Lee for about a year, according to CCA spokeswoman Louise Chickering. "When we have incidents, we have a very methodical, thoughtful process that we undertake with our managers and customers," Chickering said. "As a private company, one of the things we can do is make changes very swiftly when or if we think it is appropriate." Eckman will remain with CCA in an undetermined job, Chickering said. She said the change in the prison's leadership came after consultation with Gold and his Kentucky counterpart. A total of more than 800 inmates are housed at the prison. Eckman's management style apparently contributed to unrest among some of the 400 Vermont inmates who are housed in the rural prison in eastern Kentucky, according to Matthew Valerio, the Vermont defender general. Valerio sent a prisoner-rights official to the facility two weeks ago to interview inmates in the aftermath of a riot in which no one was seriously injured. Gold said at least three Vermont corrections officials remained in Kentucky to continue monitoring how the state's inmates are being treated. The uprising is the first in which Vermont inmates have played a key role since the state started sending some of its prisoners to out-of-state facilities a few years ago, corrections officials said. |
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