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| Report Says Vt. Prisoner Who Died Didn’t Get Adequate Care |
| By vnews.com- Elizabeth Hewitt |
| Published: 09/21/2015 |
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South Burlington, Vt. — The prisoner who died in Vermont’s only women’s correctional facility this year did not receive adequate medical treatment, according to an independent investigation by Disability Rights Vermont. The report, released last week, found that Annette Douglas was not placed in the infirmary for care and never saw a physician while at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington, Vt., despite significant chronic health needs. “This is an individual that should have been in a medical treatment instead of being held in a room in corrections with very little attention paid to her needs,” said Ed Paquin, executive director of Disability Rights Vermont. Douglas, 43, died Jan. 9 at the University of Vermont Medical Center of cardiac arrest, two days after she was found unresponsive in her cell. She entered prison on Dec. 29 to serve a 17-day sentence for twice missing work crew orientation. Douglas was the first of four people to die in the custody of the Department of Corrections this year. Read More. |
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