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COVID-19: One Officer Injured, Some 100 Inmates Moved Following Fight At CT Prison COVID-19: One Officer Injured, Some 100 Inmates Moved Following Fight At CT Prison
Covid-19: One Officer Injured, Some 100 Inmates Moved Following Fight At CT Prison A corrections officer was injured and some 100 inmates have been moved at the Carl Robinson Correctional Institution due to unrest associated with new restrictions in an attempt to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The prison, located in Enfield, houses more than 1,200 medium-security inmates, has recently experienced an uptick in incidents, said Andrius Banevicius, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections. The first sign of unrest began on Friday, April 3, when the prison's emergency. response team had to be mobilized as tension climbed among the inmates over the ag…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Escaped Inmate From Fairfield County Caught After Seeking Treatment At Hospital Escaped Inmate From Fairfield County Caught After Seeking Treatment At Hospital
Escaped Inmate From Fairfield County Caught After Seeking Treatment At Hospital An inmate from Fairfield County is back in police custody after escaping while attending a community college program in Connecticut, police said. Westport resident Christopher Somsky was serving a nine-year sentence for a robbery conviction at the Willard-Cybulski Correctional Institution when he walked away from an approved day program at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield on Saturday, March 9. Somsky, 45, was taken into custody at an area hospital at approximately 11 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, after he sought treatment for a hip injury. Somsky was deemed a “low-risk offender” by …

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by Zak Failla
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Escaped Inmate From Connecticut Prison Captured In Georgia Escaped Inmate From Connecticut Prison Captured In Georgia
Escaped Inmate From Connecticut Prison Captured In Georgia An inmate who escaped from Carl Robinson Correction Institution in Enfield was captured in Georgia on Wednesday after 10 days on the run, according to state police.Jerry Mercado, 25, had escaped from prison on Sunday, Jan. 7, lead to a full scale search by multiple public safety agencies. Mercado, who is from Hartford, had been classified as a low-risk offender, according to state police. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force received a tip, which was quickly communicated to law enforcement in Georgia, state police said. This tip led to police locating Mercado at a Canton gas station on Wedn…

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by Casey Donahue