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| Vermont inmates on lockdown at Kentucky prison |
| By vtdigger.org- Laura Krantz |
| Published: 01/22/2014 |
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More than 200 Vermont inmates in a Kentucky prison have been on lockdown since Jan. 15 after a series of assaults and fights broke out, a Department of Corrections official told lawmakers Tuesday afternoon. The 205 Vermont prisoners are in the close-custody wing of Lee Adjustment Center, a Beattyville, Ky., prison that houses 460 Vermont prisoners, Richard Byrne, out-of-state unit supervisor for the Department of Corrections, told the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions. “I’m concerned. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this and find out who the culprits are and find out, if anything, how they’re operating,” Byrne said. Only Vermonters are housed in the 816-bed prison after Kentucky did not renew its contract with CCA in July. He said the lockdown is to keep inmates safe until they can locate the source of the recent violence. Corrections Corp. of America, a private firm that runs the prison and contracts with Vermont, is handling the situation, Byrne said. He said inmates are cooperating. Read More. |
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