Press Release

Commissioner Jim Baker provides updates on Vermont's contract with CoreCivic and on the investigation into Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility.

Southern State Correctional Facility clear of coronavirus, new case found at Tallahatchie.

Commissioner Jim Baker provides an update on Vermont inmates and staff testing positive for COVID-19 in Mississippi and Vermont in a live press conference.

Commissioner Jim Baker addresses the response to Vermont inmates testing positive for COVID-19 in Mississippi and Vermont.

Coronavirus cases detected among inmates in Mississippi and Vermont this week.

Commissioner Jim Baker addresses the response to Vermont inmates testing positive for COVID-19 in Mississippi.

Early results identify more than 80 positive cases among Vermont inmate population.

Six inmates test positive upon return to Vermont from out-of-state correctional facility

An inmate at Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury has tested positive for COVID-19. This is the only positive result of the total 215 NECC staff and inmates tested Monday, July 13.