According to the Vermont State Employees’ Association, which represents workers across the state’s corrections system, 66 of 68 staff security workers at the Northern State Correctional Facility signed onto the letter of no confidence.
The Department of Corrections has expanded housing offerings and points to data showing fewer people are stuck in prison due to lack of housing, but prison reform advocates say the state should be doing more.
Voters in Colchester’s CHI-20 district, the only contested representative election this year, have three different candidates to choose from for the two seats in Montpelier.
The Vermont Department of Corrections on Monday instituted an “emergency” staffing change at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, switching from five 8-hour shifts a week sometimes with mandatory overtime to five 12-hour.