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Senate Institutions committee advances bill to expand DOC family support program
Summary
The Senate Institutions Committee voted to report H.219, which would codify and expand a Department of Corrections family support visitation program run by Lund at the Chittenden Correctional Center and pilot it at men’s facilities, contingent on funding.
The Senate Institutions Committee voted to report H.219 to the full Senate after a sponsor described plans to codify and expand a Department of Corrections family support program that has operated at the Chittenden Correctional Center women’s facility for about 20 years.
Representative Sweeney, sponsor of H.219, told the committee the program “has a proven record of helping to break the generational trauma of incarceration” and asked the committee to approve the bill so the program can be expanded to men’s facilities.
The bill would formally establish a Family Support Program under the Department of Corrections and make existing funding for the women’s program more permanent while providing seed funding to start a pilot for men’s facilities. Supporters described the…
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