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| DOC: State would need to export 100 inmates if Windsor prison is closed |
| By vtdigger.org- Elizabeth Hewitt |
| Published: 03/19/2015 |
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If the Windsor prison is closed to help close the state budget gap, as many as 100 additional prisoners could be sent out of state, according to Andy Pallito, the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections. Closing the Southeast State Correctional Facility, which is the oldest and smallest prison in the state, was suggested last week as part of a budget cutting proposal spearheaded by Rep. Mitzi Johnson, D-South Hero, that would close an $18.6 million budget shortfall. Shutting down the prison would save the state an estimated $820,000, according to the Legislature’s Joint Fiscal Office. Under the proposal, all the prisoners at Windsor would be sent to out-of-state prisons, Pallito said. That outcome would undermine the Shumlin administration’s long-term plan to reduce the number of prisoners housed in out-of-state beds. Read More. |
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