Vt. Dept. of Corrections to assess prison lockdown

Published January 25, 2014 5:38pm ET



MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Officials from the state Department of Corrections plan to visit a Kentucky facility where more than 200 Vermont inmates have been under a longer-than-usual lockdown.

Richard Byrne is the department’s out-of-state casework supervisor. He says a series of potentially gang-related assaults caused the lockdown at the Lee Adjustment Center in Beattyville.

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