Vermont’s prison reforms tamp down incarceration rates
Shumlin: “We had a crisis and we came together, with Pew, with the Council on State Governments, and used Vermont as an example of how we could use innovative public policy to win the war on recidivism.”
Salmon: Corrections department needs to improve sex offender reporting
“I am confident that implementation of our audit recommendations will help DOC to improve monitoring of caseloads and accuracy of the information in its system, and will promote consistency in the assignment of sex offenders under community supervision to appropriate POs” said Salmon.
Dubie’s “list” of offenders doesn’t exist
At a debate in Bennington, Dubie held up what he said was a list of offenders who would be released if Shumlin is elected governor. The “list” was actually an explanation of Vermont’s criminal statutes.
Truth squad, Part I: Dubie, Shumlin score points, keep details of their budget plans under wraps
Dubie says he’ll use the Tiger Team recommendations to balance the 2012 budget; Shumlin is banking on a $40 million cut in prison spending. Does it all add up?
Truth squad Part 2: Shumlin plans a big haircut for the Big House
Is Shumlin’s $40 million cut, a third of the current Corrections budget, realistic? Probably not, budget experts say, but they agree the state’s prison expenditures must be reduced.
Truth squad, Part 3: Dubie eyes Tiger Team cuts
The Teams proposed significant reductions in health care programs for the poor and the mentally ill.
VSEA secures legal victory for state employees who serve in the military
August 9, 2010 Contact: Doug Gibson (802) 223-5247 VSEA secures legal victory For Vermont State employee military personnel The Vermont Labor Relations Board (VLRB) recently ruled that the State of Vermont wrongfully changed an employee’s timesheets to require him to use his entire 15 days of contractual paid military leave “up front,” rather than spread [...]
House Appropriations gives “Challenges” bill a once-over, weighs impact on human services, corrections, education
The question Sen. Randy Brock said, is not, at this point, whether school consolidation will happen, but how long it would take and what it would look like.
Can Correct Care Solutions offer Vt. inmates more health services for $2 million less?
In the wake of Ashley Ellis’ death, questions remain about prison health care provided by for-profit companies.
Part II, Dying in Cell 40: State hired for-profit firm with rap sheet of death and lawsuits
For-profit companies like Prison Health Services pit the health care needs of an often despised population against their own need to turn a profit.
