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Vt. DOC Awaits Details on Inmate Death
By vnews.com- Elizabeth Hewitt
Published: 07/01/2015

Montpelier — Six weeks after the death of a Vermont inmate, the Department of Corrections is still awaiting a final report on the cause of death.

James Nicholson died May 18 while incarcerated at a Kentucky prison run by the Corrections Corporation of America. He was convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child, lewd and lascivious conduct and sexual assault on a minor.

Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito said Monday he understands Nicholson had some existing health conditions. The inmate, who was in his 60s, was housed in the prison’s infirmary at the time of his death.

“I have no reason to believe that anything is amiss in that case,” Pallito said Monday, “but until I see a death certificate, I don’t know for sure.”

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