/tags/prison Prison en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-10-29/vermont-politicians-participate-in-candidate-forum-prison Candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor shared their campaign platforms with incarcerated Vermonters in a first-of-its-kind event at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-10-29/vermont-politicians-participate-in-candidate-forum-prison Mikaela Lefrak /local-news/2024-09-24/peer-led-class-vermont-womens-prison-teaches-restorative-justice-principles-chittenden-regional-correctional-facility Restorative justice is a process that focuses on the offender repairing the harm caused by their actions, and uses dialogue and empathy rather than punishment. Vermont's only women's prison has had restorative justice classes for the past few years. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-09-24/peer-led-class-vermont-womens-prison-teaches-restorative-justice-principles-chittenden-regional-correctional-facility Mae Nagusky /local-news/2024-08-13/vermont-looks-to-build-new-womens-prison-in-essex-prompting-protests A state office is requesting zoning changes in Essex to build a correctional facility and reentry unit on state-owned land to replace the only women's prison in Vermont. Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:21:16 GMT /local-news/2024-08-13/vermont-looks-to-build-new-womens-prison-in-essex-prompting-protests Lexi Krupp /local-news/2023-12-22/vermont-is-still-struggling-to-reduce-its-pandemic-era-court-case-backlog There is double the amount of pending cases now than before the pandemic. That also means many people have remained detained without conviction. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:55:15 GMT /local-news/2023-12-22/vermont-is-still-struggling-to-reduce-its-pandemic-era-court-case-backlog Liam Elder-Connors /local-news/2023-09-27/vermont-renews-out-of-state-prison-contract-with-corecivic-mississippi CoreCivic, the largest private prison company in the country, was the sole bidder for the contract, according to the Vermont Department of Corrections. Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:36:26 GMT /local-news/2023-09-27/vermont-renews-out-of-state-prison-contract-with-corecivic-mississippi Liam Elder-Connors /show/vermont-edition/2023-05-09/vermont-officials-tackle-recent-rise-in-prisoner-deaths-health-concerns Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with the heads of Vermont's departments of Health and Corrections and the defender general about health concerns in local prisons. Tue, 09 May 2023 18:35:46 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-05-09/vermont-officials-tackle-recent-rise-in-prisoner-deaths-health-concerns Mikaela Lefrak, Tedra Meyer /2022-10-20/maine-prison-debate-team-beats-mit-in-historic-competition Last week, with little fanfare, a historic, livestreamed debate took place between a team of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a team of residents from the Maine Department of Corrections. Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:44:38 GMT /2022-10-20/maine-prison-debate-team-beats-mit-in-historic-competition Susan Sharon /vpr-news/2022-06-23/20-years-later-a-vermont-attorney-reflects-on-representing-detainees-at-guantanamo-bay It's been 20 years since the detention center at Guantanamo Bay opened on the coast of Cuba. And as we consider the last two decades and the controversial history of the prison, we're speaking with Vermonters who have had direct ties to it. Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2022-06-23/20-years-later-a-vermont-attorney-reflects-on-representing-detainees-at-guantanamo-bay Mitch Wertlieb, Karen Anderson /show/vermont-edition/2022-04-05/seven-days-reporter-on-the-human-cost-of-covid-in-vermonts-prisons Vermont's state-run correctional facilities are only now beginning to lift pandemic restrictions that have been in place for the past two years. Vermont Edition host Connor Cyrus spoke with Seven Days reporter Derek Brouwer about his story profiling how state prisons have dealt with the pandemic. Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:15:00 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-04-05/seven-days-reporter-on-the-human-cost-of-covid-in-vermonts-prisons Connor Cyrus, Matthew F Smith /npr-news/2021-10-28/after-prison-he-followed-the-rules-but-a-parole-mishap-delayed-his-full-freedom Robert Davis' experience with the U.S. Parole Commission is an example of how systemic barriers can hold down people striving to do the right thing. Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:58:30 GMT /npr-news/2021-10-28/after-prison-he-followed-the-rules-but-a-parole-mishap-delayed-his-full-freedom Carrie Johnson