Correction ombuds speaks following death of inmate accused of attacking officer

DeVaughn Ward, Connecticut’s correction ombuds, visited with Jaishon Bellamy hours before the inmate took his own life. “Complete surprise, complete surprise,” Ward said. Ward said he was shocked to learn on Thursday about the death of Bellamy at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield. He says he visited with Bellamy the night before to talk about accusations that the inmate had attacked a...