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| Corrections may revamp segregation units amid declining use |
| By vtdigger.org- Elizabeth Hewitt |
| Published: 02/24/2017 |
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As Vermont prisons have shifted away from using a restrictive form of housing for disciplinary sanctions, the Department of Corrections is looking at ways to repurpose some of those units. According to DOC officials, a decreasing use of segregation has left many single-occupancy units empty. Now, they are looking at other ways to use those spaces to reduce the number of Vermont inmates held at a private prison in Michigan. “We have empty beds in segregation, and it’s a shame to have empty beds in a facility when you have inmates out of state,” Acting Corrections Commissioner Lisa Menard said. Read More. |
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