Volunteer groups want to help reduce the mental and emotional health crisis now plaguing the state’s prisons.
Prison guards, inmates suffering: UVM study
VT prison population down 44% – but activists want it lower
In 2010, Vermont had 2,248 incarcerated individuals under its watch. Today, that figure is just 1,258–a 44 percent decline. For supporters of criminal justice reform and lawmakers looking to lower Vermont’s inmate population, that’s good news – right? Wrong, say activists.
