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| Vt. to Search Corrections Workers as Part of Prison Contraband Crackdown |
| By necn.com- Jack Thurston |
| Published: 07/10/2015 |
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Later this month, the Vermont Department of Corrections is expected to institute a new policy, approved by state lawmakers, which will allow for the searching of correctional center employees in an ongoing effort to cut prison contraband. "We think it's important to note we don't have a significant amount of evidence to suggest that our employees are introducing contraband," noted Mike Touchette, the facilities operation director for the Vermont Department of Corrections. Touchette said the new rule will join several efforts introduced in the past year to year and a half, to continue an ongoing crackdown on contraband. Those other efforts include searches of prisons by Vermont State Police drug-sniffing dogs, and new training and intelligence-sharing for correctional officers, Touchette said. The new inspections will see staff occasionally turn out their pockets and open their handbags or backpacks, Touchette explained. There will never be strip searches, he said. Even though the rule does allow for pat-downs, Touchette said those will not be implemented as a part of policy at this time. Read More. |
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