Complaints include: “Lockdown” status was in place at the facility for approximately a month and a half. Also, the initial “full lockdown” for 2 weeks; single movement (which means 1 child out of their sleeping quarters at a time), no off-unit time, all muscle movement on the units (which was very minimal), shackled to walk around off unit if needed/approved, and no education.
Vermont lawmakers have advanced S.193, a bill that would establish a secure forensic facility for individuals caught at the intersection of the criminal justice and mental health systems—a population that has increasingly strained courts, hospitals, and correctional facilities.
Lawsuit claims Wellpath negligence killed Vermont inmate with untreated diabetes
A group of Vermont state representatives has introduced H.550, a bill designed to establish comprehensive standards for the intake, classification, and housing of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex individuals within the Department of Corrections (DOC).
Governor Phil Scott today announced that Department of Corrections Commissioner Nick Deml will step down from his role on August 15, with former Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad named to serve as interim commissioner.
Under the bill, fathers in prison would be able to take parenting classes, visit with their children in a child-friendly space and talk to them via free video calls.
Lawmakers and officials agree it isn’t ideal to imprison Vermonters out of state, but they say bringing them back would put in-state prisons dangerously over capacity.
The deceptive national push for “smart justice”
Usually up to 20 detainees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement are held in state prisons on a given day, sometimes more.
The Sen. Institutions Committee reviews major changes to Vermont’s overstretched corrections infrastructure.
In 1994, a judge ruled the man who brutally strangled his wife should be imprisoned for the rest of his life, without parole. He’s now out on furlough.
A brief introduction to the members of the 2025-2026 House Corrections and Institutions Committee
It was discovered that Orvis had worked together with at least two inmates to bring illegal items into Marble Valley Correctional.
Vermont’s only women’s prison is half a century old and in terrible shape. The state has set aside millions for a new facility, but construction is years away.
What happens when district attorneys — members of their states’ executive branches — refuse to execute the laws of the land?
“You want to be able to understand … if somebody was involved in credit card fraud,” a spokesperson for Vermont bankers said.
“Ms Yasamin Gordon, during her short tenure with us, misrepresented her education credentials and experience, among other things,” Iris Bond Gill, CEO, told the Chronicle Wednesday. “There may be a story to write; however, the one you settled for is not it.”
Correction: It is incorrect for us to state that VT Digger failed to publish VFA’s commentaries: VFA failed to send them to VT Digger.
As a Vermont legislative panel continues a long-range look into the state’s prison system – and its facility needs – calls to rethink the state’s incarceration practices have entered the equation.
