Frontline Corrections Staff At Northern State Correctional Facility Issue Letter of No Confidence in Interim Superintendent
Employees Detail Shocking Conditions at Newport Prison
NEWPORT, Vt.— Corrections employees at the Northern State Correctional Facility (NSCF) have issued a letter to Nicholas J. Deml, Commissioner of the Department of Corrections that identifies grave concerns about the dangerous state of their facility and expresses a lack of confidence in the facility’s Interim Superintendent, Lori Madden. The letter by frontline staff, who are members of the Vermont State Employees’ Association, alerts Corrections management to a “toxic environment for both incarcerated individuals and staff” at the Newport facility and identifies alarming and disturbing conditions on the ground…”
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