Prison News | Vermont
Recent events, organized by category (below) or region/state (right), concerning the corrections industry in Vermont. Comments, suggestions and contributions (below) appreciated.
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Education & Rehabilitation
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A Conservative Case for Prison Reform
MANASSAS, Va. — CONSERVATIVES should recognize that the entire criminal justice system is another government spending program fraught with the issues that plague all government programs. Criminal justice should be subject to the same level ......
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New York Times,
Monday, June 10, 2013
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Vt. prison inmates help bats by making daytimes roosts at Windsor prison
WINDSOR, Vt. (AP) - Inmates at Vermont's Windsor prison are helping to save bats by building daytime roosting boxes. The 50 bat houses were given away at this year's Herrick's Cove Wildlife Festival to attendees who regularly observe bats ......
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Associated Press,
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Vermont Corrections Dept. holds public meeting to get feedback, answer questions
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Department of Corrections is holding a town hall style meeting on interactive television to get comments and take questions from the public....
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Associated Press,
Monday, May 13, 2013
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Editorial: Helping inmates helps reduce recidivism rate
In just two years, the program has spread to every prison in the state and includes a much broader population.
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Burlington Free Press,
Friday, June 8, 2007
Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty
No recent news for Vermont in this category.
Gangs in Prison
Health & Medical Treatment
No recent news for Vermont in this category.
Prison Classification, Placement, & Release
Prison Conditions & Corruption
Prison Life & Culture
Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes
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Vermont Inmate Found Dead in Springfield
The Department of Corrections says 59-year-old Anthony Nichols was pronounced dead Saturday morning at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. State police said an autopsy will be performed and that the death does not appear suspicious....
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www.necn.com,
Saturday, June 29, 2019
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Vermont Corrections warns: High-risk sex offender being released from prison soon
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) - The state's Department of Corrections is warning the public that a high-risk sex offender who handcuffed and assaulted an autistic boy is about to be released from prison....
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Associated Press,
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
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Woman who allegedly walked away from Vt. prison work crew sought by police
CHARLOTTE, Vt. (AP) - Vermont police and Department of Corrections officers are searching for a 33-year-old woman alleged to have fled from a prison work crew in Charlotte....
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Associated Press,
Friday, July 12, 2013
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Vt. inmate charged with sending threatening letter to prosecutor
BARRE, Vt. (AP) - A 36-year-old Vermont prison inmate is facing charges he sent a threatening letter to the prosecutor who sent him to jail....
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Associated Press,
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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Vt inmate charged with assaulting corrections officer
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police have charged an inmate with assaulting a corrections officer. Police say it's the second such offense 42-year-old John Partch is accused of. He's at the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in.....
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Associated Press,
Friday, June 14, 2013
Suicides in Prison
Workplace & Industry News, and Science & Tech News
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Vermont Labor Board: State workers don't get double pay for work after Irene
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Labor Relations Board has denied 63 state workers who wanted double pay for working while displaced from their offices following Tropical Storm Irene....
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Associated Press,
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Contract Notice: Vermont Department of Corrections Issues Request for Proposal for Group Facilitation Services
WATERBURY, Vt., June 20 -- Vermont Department of Corrections has issued a Request for Proposal (No. COR061813) on June 19 for the group facilitation services....
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Bids.ca,
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Vermont lawsuit asks: when state privatizes services, what happens to public records?
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A lawsuit by a Brattleboro publisher and the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont is raising a question about what happens to the idea of access to public records when government services are privatized....
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Associated Press,
Thursday, June 13, 2013