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State to change, expand its use of St. Johnsbury work camp
By vtdigger.org- Elizabeth Hewitt
Published: 02/16/2017

ST. JOHNSBURY — After months of negotiations, St. Johnsbury and the Department of Corrections have reached an agreement to allow an unused part of a correctional facility to reopen.

One of two dormitory wings at a work camp at the Northeast Correctional Complex has been shuttered since October 2015 because of a decline in the number of inmates who qualify for the program.

The agreement will allow the north wing to be used for 50 minimum-security inmates who are not in the work camp program. Inmates could be arriving to fill the wing next week, according to prison staff.

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