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HCI - 2026-01-14 - 1:15PM

House Corrections and Institutions Committee · January 15, 2026

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Opening and scope

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Committee chair opened the House Corrections & Institutions Committee for Jan. 14, set the days narrow focus on DOC facilities holding ICE/CBP and federal marshal detainees and said the committee would examine DOC operations and impacts (including on people of color), not the larger merits of federal immigration policy.

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House Corrections & Institutions Committee heard testimony from the ACLU of Vermont and the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project about Department of Corrections practices that advocates say are blocking detainees' access to counsel, interpretation and medical care under federal and state law; witnesses urged better state coordination and protections in bills under consideration.

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