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Prison on lockdown after 2 staff members test positive for COVID-19
The lockdown is in place until staff can be tested Tuesday and inmates on Wednesday. Share Updated: 7:53 AM EST Dec 29, 2020 NBC5 News Staff
The lockdown is in place until staff can be tested Tuesday and inmates on Wednesday. Share Updated: 7:53 AM EST Dec 29, 2020
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Show Transcript THE TIME RIGHT NOW 7:28. JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM. NORTHWEST STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN SAINT ALBANS IS ON A FULL LOCKDOWN. AFTER 2 STAFFF MEMBERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS. OFFICIALS SAY ONE STAFF MEMBER WAS LAST IN THE FACILITY. LAST WEDNESDAY. THE SECOND STAFF MEMBER. WASN T AT THE FACILITY WHEN THE PERSON WAS CONTAGIOUS. CONTACT TRACING IS COMPLETE. EVERYONE AT THE FACILITY. WILL GET TESTED TODAY AND TOMORROW. SO FAR. 32 VERMONT D-O-C MEMBERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS. INCARCERATED INDIVIDUA
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Updated on December 23, 2020 at 6:06 pm
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Vermont state officials are vowing to make conditions safe for women serving prison time and for those who work in correctional facilities.
The push follows the release of an independent review Wednesday that found a troubling number of sexual misconduct claims associated with the state s female prison. One incident is too many, said Tris Coffin, an attorney with the firm Downs Rachlin Martin, which was hired by the Vermont Agency of Human Serves to review Vermont s only women s prison.
Coffin said the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington had an alarmingly high number of claims of sexual harassment or assault in recent years, along with abuses of power. These have harmed both inmates and female employees of the facility, the report noted.
Frank appealed his termination through the Vermont union that represents correctional workers. It argued he had been fired without “just cause” and his right to free speech should be protected under the First Amendment.
The department denied his appeal. The investigation went on for over a year due to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and an illness that Frank had.
Frank reportedly told the investigator: “I don’t have a problem with the way a person lives their life. But I don’t ram it down your neck… I don’t want it jammed down mine.”
Trans prisoners have long faced issues within the incarceration system. Many are placed in prisons that don’t align with their gender and face abuse because of this.