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Corrections commissioner warns facilities are understaffed and women's prison is overcrowded
Summary
Vermont corrections Commissioner John Murad told the Senate Judiciary committee the department is about 12% understaffed and CRCF is housing about 185 women—far above a safe-practices target of about 105—while DOC seeks funds for staffing, treatment programs and a facility replacement.
John Murad, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections, told the Senate Judiciary committee that staffing and facility capacity are the department’s top budget concerns and that these shortfalls have operational consequences.
Murad said DOC is roughly 12% understaffed across the agency, with more acute gaps at the CO1 and CO2 facility ranks that do frontline supervision. “We are currently understaffed by about overall 12%,” he said. The shortage, Murad said, constrains the department’s ability to operate consistently and increases overtime pressure.
He flagged CRCF, the state women’s facility, as a site of particular concern: the facility was housing about 185 women in recent…
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