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| Inmates Worry About Losing High School Program To Budget Cuts |
| By digital.vpr.net- Charlotte Albright |
| Published: 03/13/2015 |
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A proposal by the Shumlin administration to drastically cut funding to high school programs for inmates is raising concerns inside prison classrooms. Community High School of Vermont operates in all seven prisons and in several probation offices. Lawmakers are considering closing five of the prison programs and reducing staffing by half. Audio from this story will be posted at approximately 11 a.m. on Friday, March 13. For inmates at the Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury, heading to school means being followed by video surveillance cameras through heavy high-tech security doors to an outdoor walkway fenced with barbed wire. Inside the learning center there’s an inviting library and two small classrooms. Inmates older than 23 don’t have to take classes. But on this day, in Cara Berryman’s classroom, all four students are over 23, and they have all read an assignment about safe food preparation. Read More. |
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