From Vermont Public:
Vermont’s congressional delegation is urging the Bureau of Prisons to build a facility in the state that will support people transitioning out of the federal prisons system.
The letter, sent on Tuesday to BOP Director Colette Peters, comes as the department appears to have backed away from a plan to build a residential reentry center (RRC) in Burlington.
Vermont is one of two states in the country without an RRC, also known as a halfway house.
“The lack of local resources for Vermonters involved in the federal prison system has detrimentally impacted not only those involved, but all of our constituents who suffer the collateral consequences of the dearth of reentry and treatment options,” the delegation wrote in their letter to Peters. Continue reading >>>
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