Growing demands, arrivals at all hours and a rare disease are just some of the challenges Vermont’s prisons have faced while ...

The wood shop at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport sits nearly empty on Thursday, Jan. 26. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger For years, incarcerated Vermonters have made furniture ...

WATERBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont Corrections officials say there are six new cases of COVID at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport. The new cases are in three staffers and three ...

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — One hundred inmates and eight staff members at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, the largest ...

He was placed at the Northern State Correctional Facility on Oct. 16, 2015. His maximum release date was May 20, 2032. Hughes, 32, was convicted of grand larceny and assault and robbery with a ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - An outside legal review of the death of an inmate at the Northern State Correctional Facility is out, and recommends some changes to how the prison operates. The state has ...

The superintendent of the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport has been placed on administrative leave and will not be returning to the position after concerns were raised about the ...

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — A coronavirus outbreak at a Vermont prison is growing, according to the state Department of Corrections. Nine new cases of COVID-19 were detected at the Northern State ...

Officials say VSP was notified Saturday morning that James Ingerson, a 54-year-old inmate at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport, had been found dead in his cell.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — With Vermont's prison facilities aging, lawmakers are beginning to grapple with whether to build new or patch up the old. The state Department of Buildings and General ...