Six staff members from the York Correctional Institution in Niantic have been placed on administrative leave due to “significant concern” about the way they responded to an inmate with a medical problem, according to the Department of Correction.

The inmate, 36-year-old Amy Rolon of Hartford, is hospitalized at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Rolon had been admitted to the Janet S. York Correctional Institution on Oct. 30, the day after Hartford Police charged her with prostitution.

“Four Department of Correction employees and two Correctional Managed Health Care employees (UCONN) have been placed on Administrative Leave following significant concern over their actions with regard to an offender’s medical needs,” said a statement released today by Karen Martucci, acting director of External Affairs for the DOC. “The Department of Correction’s Security Division is in the early stages of an active investigation; therefore, additional information is not available at this time.”

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Rolon was listed in fair condition on Thursday, according to a hospital spokesman. Details of her condition were not available, but her public defender, Jonathan C. Newman, said that during a court appearance in Hartford Thursday, all of Rolon’s pending court cases were “nolleed” by the state, which means she won’t be prosecuted. In addition to the prostitution case, Rolon had pending charges of sixth-degree larceny and failure to appear in court.

Her attorney said he could not breach his client’s confidentiality.

“I’ve spoken to her family members,” Newman said in a phone interview. “I’ve spoken to York. I’ve spoken to the hospital. As her attorney, I’m not going to breach her confidence.”

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