When an escape is made in consequence of the insufficiency of the jail, without negligence of the keeper, either in keeping the prisoner or repairing the jail, the county shall be answerable to such keeper for the costs and damages he or she sustains in consequence.
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 3582
County answerable if jail insufficient
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