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| Amid Baltimore Protests, A Vermont Prison Placed On Lockdown |
| By ibtimes.com- Eric Markowitz |
| Published: 05/01/2015 |
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Officials in Vermont placed the state’s largest prison on “modified” lockdown Wednesday after threats of violence -- and potentially a riot -- in the wake of ongoing demonstrations in Baltimore prompted by the death of Freddie Gray. Mike Touchette, director of facilities for the state’s Department of Corrections, said an inmate’s anonymous message, left on the DOC’s voicemail, "suggested there could be general disturbances in the facility." Touchette would not elaborate on the specifics of the message, but he added that “there was innuendo that it was tied to what was taking place in Baltimore.” The prison, Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport, may seem like an unlikely staging ground for a riot connected to Baltimore’s unrest: The medium-security facility is situated on a bucolic farm road about 65 miles north of Montpelier, near the Canadian border. Read More. |
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