Prisons vying for Vermont’s inmates have troubled pasts

Laurel Harry, superintendent of the Pennsylvania state prison at Camp Hill, gives VTDigger a tour of the facility. Vermont inmates soon will be housed there. Photo by Jasper Craven/VTDigger
The two prisons in the running to take in Vermont’s out-of-state inmates have faced problems over the past decade with understaffing, mistreatment of prisoners and inadequate medical services. One was found to have “critical issues” with inmate health care just last year.Vermont announced ea