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Prison shakedown in Newport
By wcax.com
Published: 09/07/2016

NEWPORT, Vt. -

The prison in Newport went into lockdown Tuesday. Officials with the Vt. Department of Corrections tell WCAX News it was part of a planned, prisonwide shakedown.

Movement was restricted inside the Northern State Correctional Facility as guard checked cells for contraband and security breaches. DOC says the lockdown lasted about eight hours. Inmate transports were canceled and visitors were not allowed in.

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