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| Vt. Dept. of Corrections to evaluate longer-than-usual prison lockdown in Kentucky next week |
| By therepublic.com - Beth Garbitelli |
| Published: 01/28/2014 |
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Officials from the state Department of Corrections plan to visit a Kentucky facility where more than 200 Vermont inmates have been under lockdown for more than a week because of violence. A series of potentially gang-related assaults caused the lockdown beginning Jan. 15 at the Lee Adjustment Center in Beattyville, Vermont authorities said. The Corrections Corporation of America, which runs the facility, said inmates were confined to their cells until Wednesday and allowed out only with staff escort. The prison is now on modified lockdown, with prisoners allowed to access day rooms for at least two but no more than four hours a day. No one was seriously injured or hospitalized because of the violence, said Matthew Valerio, Vermont defender general. Officials hope to visit the facility as soon as next week to follow up on the lockdown, he said. Steven Owens, a CCA spokesman, described the lockdown as "precautionary" in an email. Read More. |
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