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Committee hears history of Vermont Correctional Industries deficit; assigns members to draft parameters before recommending $3.1 million fix
Summary
House Corrections & Institutions members were briefed on a roughly $3.1 million deficit in Vermont Correctional Industries (VCI), heard historical context and options from DOC financial staff, and assigned three members to draft recommended parameters to accompany any request to zero out the fund.
The House Corrections & Institutions Committee on Jan. 22 heard detailed testimony about a long-running deficit in Vermont Correctional Industries (VCI) and directed three committee members to draft broad parameters to accompany any budget adjustment that would erase the balance.
Lynn Platt, financial director for the Department of Corrections, described VCI's original purpose as a set of production shops and work crews that provided vocational training, employment income and a matched-savings program for incarcerated people. Platt said VCI once operated multiple shops (woodworking, printing, sign and steel, plate-making and graphic arts) and a community work-crew program that performed municipal tasks. Over time, the program contracted; many shops closed, operations were suspended during COVID-19, and revenues fell while legacy expenses…
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