Emily Corwin
Vermont Public
Burlington, VT, United States
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Past articles by Emily:
When It's Ready, Who Gets The COVID-19 Vaccine First?
When a vaccine becomes available for COVID-19, who gets it first? → Read More
Coronavirus FAQ: Can An Airline Put You On A No-Fly List For Refusing To Mask Up?
Each week, we answer "frequently asked questions" about life during the coronavirus crisis. If you have a question you'd like us to consider → Read More
Nearly 70% Of Vermont Inmates At Mississippi Prison Have COVID-19
Some 147 of Vermont's inmates held in Mississippi — 70% of those tested — have COVID-19. Interim Comissioner of Corrections Jim Baker told reporters → Read More
At Least 85 Vermont Inmates Test Positive For COVID-19 At Private Prison In Mississippi
At least 85 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, the private for-profit prison Vermont contracts in → Read More
Six Vermont Inmates Return From Mississippi Prison With COVID-19
Six inmates tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to Vermont from Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, the private for-profit prison Vermont → Read More
COVID-19 Reduced Incarceration To Levels Reformers Had Only Dreamed Of. Will It Last?
In green magic marker, 8-year-old Jocelin Foy made a sign on a piece of white construction paper. “Plese Do not Bring my DaD to Jail,” it said. → Read More
Defender General Details Failures Leading to Inmate's Death
The Vermont Defender General has released a summary of findings from an investigation into the death of Kenneth Johnson, an inmate at the Northern State → Read More
Why Do Some Vermonters Display The Confederate Flag?
Earlier this summer, Jason Broughton noticed a Confederate flag hanging outside a home in his neighborhood in Barre. It happened to be Juneteenth, a day → Read More
Remembering Vermont's 19th Century Black Communities
A few years ago, Berlin resident Gale Harris was doing some research for a class she was taking at her local senior center. She wanted to find out if black → Read More
Race, COVID-19 And Health Disparities In Vermont
Nationwide, people of color have been both testing positive for COVID-19 at higher rates than white people and experiencing worse outcomes from the disease → Read More
Black Lives Matter Confronts Burlington Police During Protest For George Floyd
Hundreds of protesters pressed into the parking lot of the Burlington Police Department Saturday evening, chanting through cloth face masks as black → Read More
Mississippi Inmate Settles With State Over COVID-19 Protections
On April 16, I asked Harry Norway if the pandemic had changed much about life in prison in Mississippi. Norway is one of over 200 men incarcerated by the → Read More
End-Of-Life Wishes In A Pandemic
If people — particularly elderly people — don't want doctors to take extreme measures to potentially save their lives, does that increase Vermont's COVID → Read More
This Is What Getting Tested For COVID-19 Feels Like
Vermont is one of a small handful of states to offer free COVID-19 testing even to asymptomatic residents who aren’t essential workers. So far, the state → Read More
Prison, Nursing Home Testing Stays Limited, Despite Expanded Testing Elsewhere In Vermont
Beginning this weekend, almost anyone in Vermont can get tested for COVID-19 who wants to. That is, except those most vulnerable to infection: People in → Read More
Vermont Inmates Struggle To Access Hand Sanitizer Effective Against Coronavirus
Over the last two months, inmates and the Vermont Department of Corrections have offered conflicting accounts about the availability of alcohol-based hand → Read More
In Bail Decision, Judge Finds Prisons' Pandemic Response Sufficient
A judge has denied bail to Frank Sanville , 73, a man accused of murdering his wife. Sanville had argued his age made him vulnerable to COVID-19, and cited → Read More
Kitchen Crew Members At St. Johnsbury Prison Request Sentence Reductions
Vermont law allows the Department of Corrections to reward heroic and selfless acts with a 30-day sentence reduction. Some men in the kitchen crew at the → Read More
Mental Health Services Suspended At Some Vermont Prisons
The Vermont Department of Corrections has confirmed that inmates at some facilities don't have access to mental health services. → Read More
Vermont Prisons' COVID-19 Response Under Scrutiny On Day Two Of Court Hearing
The Vermont’s prison system’s ability to protect its incarcerated population from COVID-19 was under scrutiny once again on the second day of hearings in → Read More