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| Vermont prison plan proposed |
| By Bennington Banner |
| Published: 04/30/2007 |
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BENNINGTON, VT - A local legislator believes he has a plan to curtail the ever-rising cost of corrections and even save the state a few million dollars. State officials have been struggling with how to address cost increases associated with housing inmates. Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says that by shifting inmates to different facilities and sending more inmates to out-of-state facilities, the state could save about $4 million from the Department of Corrections' $128 million budget. About 75 percent of the corrections budget is for incarceration. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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