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| Decline in female inmates seen |
| By Times Argus |
| Published: 12/22/2008 |
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VERMONT - Earlier this month, the last male inmates left Northwest State Correctional Facility, headed for other prisons. A zero went up on the status board that tracks the inmate population. In a few weeks, the prison — formerly home to some of Vermont's most notorious criminals — will begin housing Vermont's entire female prison population, women who are more likely to be behind bars for writing bad checks than for sex crimes. When it does, there will be even fewer women than previous trends had anticipated, leaving 140 beds empty. The reason: Fewer women are in prison. In the last two years, the number of female inmates in Vermont's prison system has dropped 40 percent, thanks in part to programs that are specifically designed to keep them out of jail. |
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