Associated Press
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Members of a Vermont legislative committee are going to be asking why Kentucky State Police weren’t informed in a timely manner about the death of a Vermont inmate who had been serving time in a private Kentucky prison.
The Legislature’s Justice Oversight Committee is meeting Wednesday and lawmakers plan to discuss the death of inmate James Nicholson.
The 66-year-old Nicholson died on May 18, about six weeks after he had been assaulted and seriously injured by another inmate. An autopsy determined Nicholson died of a heart ailment, but it was unable to determine if the attack played a role in his death.
The Kentucky State Police began an investigation into the assault after Nicholson was attacked, but no one told police he had died.