Northern State Correctional Facility
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| Location | 2559 Glen Road, Newport, Orleans County, Vermont, USA |
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| Coordinates | 44°54′24″N 72°11′26″W / 44.906757°N 72.1905832°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium |
| Capacity | 433 |
| Population | 417 (as of FY2010[1]) |
| Opened | 1994 |
| Managed by | Carl Davis |
The Northern State Correctional Facility (NSCF) is a state prison in the city of Newport, Orleans County, Vermont, USA. It holds up to 400 medium security male prisoners.[2] It is the largest prison in Vermont.[3] The Vermont Department of Corrections is responsible for running this prison.
A branch of the Community High School of Vermont is located there. It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. It graduated 13 men in 2007.[4]
The superintendent is Carl B. Davis
In 2008, the budget for the facility was $10 million.[5] The total expenditures for Fiscal Year 2010 were $16,698,753.[1]
In 2013, the superintendent named four gangs prevalent among the prisoners: the Crips, the Bloods, the Aryan Nation, and, a local gang, the Chittenden County White Boys. He indicated that Vermont is not violent and the local culture prevails with minimum conflict among the gangs.[6]
Media
The prisoners formed a theater group which they named "The Usual Suspects."
In 2011, Muslim inmates complained that their religious needs were not being met during Ramadan. This made national news.[7]
Footnotes
- 1 2 Archived June 30, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Welcome to" (PDF). Motoruponline.com. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ↑ http://doc.vermont.gov/about/reports/ff-archive/ff2007_adobe
- ↑ Gresser, Joseph (May 2, 2007). Prisoners earn diplomas. the Chronicle.
- ↑ Gresser, Joseph (June 4, 2008). State outlines new prison policy. the Chronicle.
- ↑ Gresser, Joseph (January 23, 2014). "Departing superintendent offers a tour of prison". The Chronicle (Barton, Vermont). p. 14.
- ↑ "Jailed Muslims say beliefs not met". Florida Today (Melbourne, Florida). November 29, 2011. pp. 10A.