The state can order a further competency evaluation, and if Zaaina Mahvish-Jammeh is released from Department of Mental Health custody, they will be held by the Department of Corrections, a judge wrote.
In a civil lawsuit, Michael Lewis alleges Mike Lyon, who recently returned as superintendent of the Southern State Correctional Facility after he was cleared in an unspecified misconduct investigation, prevented him from reporting alleged sexual abuse by a corrections officer.
Originally, the program funded only units in Woodstock. Now, the town’s economic development commission has expanded the program’s boundaries.
Neither Romei nor Janet Miller, the Statehouse sergeant-at-arms, would provide details about the nature of the chief’s exit.
Work crew, stricter than probation, allowed those convicted of crimes to serve a furloughed sentence while avoiding jail time. The corrections department plans to end the program July 1.
Mike Lyon was placed on paid leave last month, when the corrections department announced it was investigating a misconduct investigation.
A bill including a series of changes to Vermont’s voting laws advanced in the Senate on Friday, but it looks unlikely to become law until at least January.
Dwindling walleye numbers in the Lamoille River signaled to biologists that stocking might be in order. This year, they plan to bolster the river’s natural population with hatchery-raised fish.
For the first time in more than 20 years, the county has a new sheriff.
Witnesses incarcerated near David Mitchell at the Springfield prison have said he begged for medical attention on the day he died. Spurred by his death, advocates gathered in Montpelier to highlight the poor conditions in Vermont’s prisons.
