Radioactive Radon at Newtown Prison: Lawsuits

NEWTOWN, CT — Two lawsuits have been filed against Garner Correctional Institute claiming that dangerous levels of uranium and radon at the prison have caused cancer among correction officers and inmates, the News Times is reporting.

The most recent claim alleges that radon killed at least two correction officers and caused nearly a dozen to contract cancer from dangerous levels of radon and uranium at the prison.

Scott Semple, the commissioner of the state Department of Correction, is among those officials targeted in both class action suits.

The lawsuit announced on behalf of correction officers is headed to state Superior Court in Waterbury, and grows out of a federal suit filed in 2017 representing inmates.

For more on the story, see The News Times.