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.
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Lawmakers: Danbury prison denied entry to responders during gas leak
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FILE- In this May 14, 2018 file photo, candidate Jahana Hayes addresses delegates during the Democratic convention for the 5th District in Waterbury, Conn. On Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, Rep. Jahana Hayes , D-Conn., said that she and all of her staff will be quarantining after one of her aides tested positive for the coronavirus. (Jim Shannon/Republican-American via AP, File)
January 08, 2021 01:16PM
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) â 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.