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| Vermont Prison System Out of Step With the Rest of New England |
| By vnews.com- Jim Kenyon |
| Published: 12/28/2015 |
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Baldwin, Mich. — Strange as it may sound, Adam Corliss, who was sentenced to 50 years to life for first-degree murder in 1995, is among the more fortunate Vermont inmates at the North Lake Correctional Facility here. In Vermont’s criminal justice system, the amount of time offenders spend behind bars for committing the same crime can vary drastically. A lot depends on when the offense occurred. Twenty years ago when a jury found the teenaged Corliss guilty of fatally stabbing a young woman in Springfield in a dispute over drug money, Vermont was still awarding so-called “good time.” For every 30 days incarcerated, an inmate received an automatic sentence reduction of 5 days or so, providing they stayed out of trouble. Along with being rewarded for good behavior, inmates could earn additional time off their sentences by working and going to school. Read More. |
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