A “voracious appetite” for punishment
The failure of leadership on matters related to human rights and criminal justice lays at the feet of both Governor Scott and the legislature, Democratic and Republicans alike. Representatives at the Vermont Department of Corrections informed me that there is a “voracious appetite” from the Governor’s office and the Legislature to ‘lock people up.” Meanwhile, I’m hearing from people at facilities throughout Vermont who are forced to sleep three and four people in cells designed for two people. It should come as little surprise that the entire “correctional systems” in Vermont are broken. (more…)