Vermont - Criminal Justice Investment Trends

28 V.S.A. § 125

Population: All populations

Legal Features: Funding

Law Type: Statute

Excerpt of Relevant Text:

H) the funding for, and utilization by, individuals served through Justice Reinvestment II and related initiatives, including:
(i) domestic violence intervention programming in the Department of Corrections, including the results from the evaluation framework between the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and the University of Nebraska;
(ii) offender transitional housing capacity with the Department of Corrections and other departments;
(iii) advancements to the Department of Corrections’ data collection Offender Management System;
(iv) agencies, departments, municipalities, programs, and services employing restorative justice principles, including community justice centers;
(v) other General Fund expenditures for Justice Reinvestment II initiatives;
(vi) the Department of Corrections’ out-of-state beds contracted by the Department and the average cost per bed in fiscal year 2019 and for each fiscal year thereafter; and
(vii) the Department of Corrections’ in-state beds, separated by gender, including specialty units and units closed or unavailable in fiscal year 2019 and for each fiscal year thereafter.

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