Nicholas Deml, commissioner of the state Department of Corrections, affirmed an earlier decision that the identity of the sole bidder for housing incarcerated Vermonters outside the state is confidential until a deal is finalized. Negotiations on that deal remain underway.
As negotiations are underway, corrections officials say they will not release the name of the other party. During the previous bidding process in 2018, the bidders’ names were released prior to the contract being awarded.
Commissioner Nicholas Deml of Vermont’s Department of Corrections responded to the death of an inmate at Southern State Correctional Facility this past Monday, saying the death was likely due to natural causes. Deml stated the prisoner who died, 46-year-old David Mitchell from Springfield, Vermont, had experienced an adverse medical event earlier this week and had […]
The superintendent of Southern State Correctional Facility is under investigation for misconduct and has been placed on paid administrative leave, the Vermont Department of Corrections announced in a press release late on Thursday.The department.