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Gov. Lamont announces state's only maximum-security prison is officially closed

Gov. Ned Lamont announced that as of Friday morning, the state's only maximum-security prison has been officially closed.

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Jun 11, 2021, 6:05 PM

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Updated 1,591 days ago

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Gov. Ned Lamont announced that as of Friday morning, the state's only maximum-security prison has been officially closed.
Northern Correctional Institution in Somers was closed three weeks ahead of the target date.
Lamont says staff members were reassigned to other prisons.


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