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VT: Lawmakes Agree to Restructure Prisons Including Closing One

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Lawmakers agree to restructure prisons Burlington (VT) Free Press By Nancy Remsen ? Free Press Staff Writer ? May 1, 2008 MONTPELIER -- Legislative negotiators agreed Wednesday that Vermont's prison system will be shuffled, with all female inmates moving to St. Albans, a new work camp for men coming to Windsor and the Dale unit in Waterbury closing. Senators told House negotiators in the first round of talks that the proposed restructuring had to take place next year. The House bill called for delaying any changes for a year to explore more options. "We can't wait," said Sen. Susan Bartlett, D-Lamoille. "It is not an option to wait." The agreement to restructure the prison system, still tentative until the House and Senate iron out other differences, was one of dozens of breakthroughs likely to speed the Legislature to adjournment by the end of the week...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).