Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Corrections (Vermont DOC) is conducting internal administrative and medical reviews following the death of an incarcerated individual on Wednesday. The Vermont State Police is also investigating.
Charles Mould, 74, of Bennington, Vermont, was found unresponsive in his cell at Southern State Correctional Facility (SSCF) in Springfield Wednesday morning. Vermont DOC and medical staff called for emergency medical services. EMS arrived on site and pronounced Mr. Mould dead a short time later. The VSP reported December 5 that the official cause of death as determined by the Vermont State Medical Examiner is natural causes.
Mould was housed in the infirmary unit at the time of his death.
Vermont DOC notified Vermont State Police and the Prisoners’ Rights Office of the death per state law and protocol. These entities will be conducting separate investigations into the death in conjunction with the Vermont DOC’s administrative and medical reviews. The Vermont DOC Peer Support Team is available for SSCF staff.
Mould was lodged in 2008 and sentenced in 2009 to 40-years-to-life on multiple charges related to sexual offenses, including aggravated sexual assault – repeated, aggravated sexual assault on a victim less than 10 years old, and lewd and lascivious conduct with a child.
Vermont State Police Report
The Vermont State Police is investigating the death of an inmate at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. Charles Mould, 74, of Bennington, Vermont, was found unresponsive in his cell by Department of Corrections staff at about 3:20 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. DOC staff called for emergency medical services to respond to the facility. Mould was pronounced deceased at the facility at about 3:38 a.m.
Detectives from the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations were notified and responded to the facility to perform a death investigation. The preliminary investigation does not indicate that the death is suspicious. An autopsy will be performed at the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington to determine the cause and manner of death.
Mould has been in custody of the Department of Corrections since 2008 and was serving a sentence of 40 years to life on charges that included aggravated sexual assault-repeated, aggravated sexual assault on a victim less than 10 years old, and lewd and lascivious conduct with a child. He was housed in the infirmary unit at the time of his death.
No additional information is currently available. The investigation is ongoing, and the Vermont State Police will provide updates when possible. Further questions should be directed to the Department of Corrections.
11.30.2022. Waterbury, Vt. – Vermont Department of Corrections