After getting $5 million in taxpayer money for renovations, Becket/VPI will also be contracting with the state to operate this facility for six individuals for approximately $3.9 million per year. That translates to $1,774 per bed per night every single day, whether it’s occupied or not.
NEWBURY, Vt. A decision rendered Tuesday in the Environmental Division of the Vermont Superior Court reverses the Newbury Development Review Board’s denial of a permit for a proposed youth detention center in town.The decision may pave the way for a.
A decision rendered Tuesday in the Environmental Division of the Vermont Superior Court reverses the Newbury Development Review Board’s denial of a permit for a proposed youth detention center in town.
When the Department of Children and Families and Becket Family Services proposed to relocate Vermont’s only juvenile detention facility to the Town of Newbury, in a CD10 District (Conservation District), my initial reaction was to laugh. I wasn’t.
NEWBURY, Vt. The Scott administration plans to appeal a Newbury board’s decision to deny a permit for a youth detention facility there, according to Sean Brown, commissioner of the state Department for Children and Families.“We still believe this is.