Updated at 7:39 p.m.
A 67-year-old Rutland man was found dead in his cell Tuesday at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, according to a state police press release.
The Vermont State Police are investigating the death of Dan Griswold, who was found unresponsive in his cell at about 11:05 a.m. Tuesday. Police said emergency medical care was unsuccessful and he was declared dead at 11:30 a.m.
According to police, early investigation shows no indications that the death is suspicious.
Griswold has been incarcerated since 1998, serving 40 years to life for aggravated sexual assault, police said. At the earliest, he could have been released in December 2025.
An autopsy will be performed at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington to determine cause of death. Detectives from the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations will continue their death investigation.
Griswold is the seventh incarcerated person to die in the state’s prison system this year, including five at the Springfield prison. Fifteen people died in state prisons from 2017 to 2021, according to the corrections department, including 12 at the Springfield prison.
— Jeralyn Darling
