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As COVID-19 rages, federal inmates stuck in Connecticut prison are like sitting ducks, lawyer says

As COVID-19 rages, federal inmates stuck in Connecticut prison are like sitting ducks, lawyer says
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Vulnerable Inmates Left in Prison as Covid Rages

The Danbury Federal Correction Institution in Connecticut is one of three federal prisons that were singled out for prompt action last spring by former Attorney General William Barr because of its vulnerability to Covid outbreaks.Credit.Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times Vulnerable Inmates Left in Prison as Covid Rages At a federal compound in Connecticut, inmates in precarious health “are like sitting ducks,” one lawyer said. The Danbury Federal Correction Institution in Connecticut is one of three federal prisons that were singled out for prompt action last spring by former Attorney General William Barr because of its vulnerability to Covid outbreaks.Credit.Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times

The Day - Blumenthal, Murphy: Prison denied entry to responders during gas leak - News from southeastern Connecticut

Published January 09. 2021 1:46AM  DANBURY (AP) Federal lawmakers from Connecticut demanded answers Friday from the warden of the federal prison in Danbury after they say they learned first responders were denied access during one of two natural gas leaks within the past two months. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and Rep. Jahana Hayes said they sent a letter to Warden Diane Easter asking questions and calling for an “immediate assessment” of gas piping and other critical infrastructure at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, which houses more than 800 inmates, many of them women. The Democratic lawmakers said in a statement there were gas leaks on Nov. 13 and Dec. 26. Eversource crews repaired the Nov. 13 leak, but the company s workers and Danbury firefighters were denied access on Dec. 26 and weren t let in until the next day, the legislators said.

Lawmakers Demand Probe Into Gas Leaks At Danbury Federal Prison

AP Photo/Douglas Healey U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and Representative Jahana Hayes of Connecticut are demanding a health and safety assessment of the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury following two gas leaks at the prison. On November 13, Yankee Gas crews isolated the reported gas leak and alerted the prison that immediate repair was required. On December 26, Yankee Gas and the Danbury Fire Department first responders were denied access to the facility until the following day due to communication failures in the facility, the lawmakers said. They sent a letter to Diane Easter, Warden of FCI Danbury, asking for an immediate review of the facility’s infrastructure.

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