The state is being
sued for discrimination against a female employee in the Department of
Corrections. The Vermont Human Rights Commission says the state failed to
provide equal pay to Lynne Silloway, an administrative services coordinator at
the DOC.
The head of Vermont’s Corrections Department says a recent Supreme Court
ruling on strip searches won’t make a significant difference in procedures used
in Vermont. In 2011,
there were over 3,000 admissions in Vermont correctional facilities, and only 21 strip searches.
Vermont State Police say it’s no laughing matter that images of a pig
showed up on decals on the side of about 30 of their cruisers, and they say inmates at the Department of Corrections are responsible.
The Vermont Senate gave unanimous approval this month to a bill that
takes aim at the problem of recidivism: former prisoners who commit new
crimes once they’re released. We’ll learn more about the proposal and related issues with Corrections Commissioner Andy
Pallito.
An independent investigation into the death of a prison inmate last
summer says
the state failed to follow proper medical procedures that could have
saved his
life. But the
Department of Corrections disagrees with the report’s findings.
As part of the "Challenges for Change"
legislation that lawmakers passed this session, the state plans to release more
non-violent offenders from prison to save money.
The death of several inmates in state custody has
prompted the Department of Corrections to change its policy for treating
prisoners who are undergoing withdrawal from drug addiction.