Northern Correctional Institution News

Accused murderer Sean Dowden was arrested on new charges last week after correction officers at a Somers prison said they found him with a "shank" made from a sharpened toothbrush.

A correction officer at Northern Correctional Institution -- the state's "supermax" prison -- suffered facial injuries after an inmate punched him without provocation this morning.

Two weeks after she asked the state Senate to immediately transmit the legislation so she could veto it, Gov.

Shortly after 4 a.m. last Thursday, after an 11-hour debate, the state Senate passed House Bill 6578 repealing the death penalty for capital felonies.

Convicted baby killer Ivo Colon and nearly 50 other inmates convicted of capital crimes have escaped the death penalty.

Nicholas G. Trabakoulos, weighed down by restraints at the legs, hands and belly and accompanied by three correction officers, stood before a New London judge Thursday and demanded to know who was prosecuting his case.

State Reps. Karen Jarmoc and Kathleen Tallarita of Enfield and Michael Lawlor of East Haven urged Commissioner Theresa Lantz to take action regarding the fabricated weapons.

The state's most secure prison remains locked down today after a stabbing earlier in the week.

Each day, headlines scream the unwelcome realities of the current global economic crisis.

What are the odds Connecticut will abolish the death penalty this year? You would think next to zero.

A state task force is asking the Department of Correction to consider using the maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution in Somers exclusively for inmates with behavior problems.

State lawmakers investigating safety issues in Connecticut's prisons criticized the Department of Correction on Tuesday for trying to stifle a discussion of staffing information.

A legislative task force on correctional staff safety is recommending that the state's highest security prison house only inmates with chronic disciplinary problems.

The co-chairman of the General Assembly's Judiciary Committee said Monday he believes the state has spent $200,000 to $500,000 providing a one-on-one, around-the-clock suicide watch for one of the two men ...