Bennington
Senator Dick Sears say the changes will eventually steer non-violent offenders
to treatment programs or community-based services. He says that should reduce
costs and keep people from returning to jail.
Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
Legislative
negotiators reached a tentative agreement yesterday on a plan that would move
woman inmates to the St.
Albans prison and close the
existing women’s facility in Waterbury; Opponents of the two vote school budget law that
passed at the end of last year’s session are launching a final campaign at the
Statehouse to repeal the policy…
Vermont’s
prison system is another step closer to being overhauled.
Legislative
negotiators reached a tentative agreement yesterday on a plan that would move
woman inmates to the St.
Albans prison and close the
existing women’s facility in Waterbury.