WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a settlement with the Vermont Department of Corrections to improve conditions in the state s prisons for inmates with disabilities,
WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a settlement with the Vermont Department of Corrections to improve conditions in the state's prisons for inmates with disabilities, the department said.
Vaccination refusal rate among prisoners holds steady amid differing views
Syringes of COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for injection at Central Vermont Medical Center on Dec. 16, 2020.
Modified: 5/9/2021 10:05:18 PM
Steve Kinney, an imprisoned Vermont, took the COVID-19 vaccination shot and said he felt fine after.
Zachary Butts, who is also incarcerated, has not taken the shot, citing a distrust of the corrections system and a desire for more information, according to his fiancee Heather Bailey.
The two men are among more than 1,200 Vermont incarcerated individuals who have been offered the vaccine across the state’s correctional system, which is currently reporting a refusal rate of 34% (810 people who have gotten the shot; 421 have declined).
Prisoner in quarantine dies at Vermont prison, apparently suicide
Modified: 12/21/2020 9:10:14 PM
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. A prisoner died Sunday at the Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury. Officials said the death appeared to be a suicide.
Officials said Michael Dupont, 36, of Barre City was found in his cell by prison staff members at 3:15 Sunday afternoon. Other correctional and medical staff members quickly began lifesaving efforts and called for outside medical assistance, they said. Emergency medical services arrived and also tried to revive Dupont, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The Vermont Department of Corrections says it is conducting an internal review to find out exactly what happened.