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| Advocates: All inmates should stay in Vermont |
| By burlingtonfreepress.com- Elizabeth Murray |
| Published: 05/26/2015 |
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Criminal-justice-reform advocates say a recent Corrections Department decision to relocate out-of-state inmates to Michigan is “completely unnecessary” and “a move in the wrong direction.” Corrections’ two-year contract with GEO Group was announced last week. The change means Vermont inmates housed in Kentucky and Arizona will be moved to the North Lake Correctional Facility on Baldwin, Mich., during the year’s second quarter. Vermont will save $653,474 annually, the Corrections Department says. Advocates say the state’s decision to enter into the new private prison contract is “highly disappointing.” According to a 2014 study performed by Texas-based Grassroots Leadership, Vermont is one of four states to house some inmates out of state at privately run jails. Read More. |
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