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Vermont lawmakers hear how prison education and job programs aim to ease reentry
Summary
A joint House hearing heard testimony from the Department of Corrections, the Department of Labor and the Community College of Vermont on prison education, Pell funding and reentry job supports, with lawmakers pressing presenters on space, Wi‑Fi, out‑of‑state transfers and identification barriers.
Committee chairs convened a joint hearing of the Vermont House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development and the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions to review efforts that connect people who are incarcerated with education and employment supports ahead of release.
Kendall Smith, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor, said the goal of the partnerships is to put people "on the path to having a skill that they can become employed" and to reduce recidivism by linking programming inside facilities with job‑center services after release. Kristin Calvert, deputy commissioner of the Department of Corrections, described DOC's unified system and said education, behavioral health and vocational work are core pillars inside…
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