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Sen. Peter Welch pushes for residential reentry center in Vermont

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Vermont is one of only two states that doesn't have a facility designed to help formerly incarcerated people reenter society with housing, substance use, and unemployment help. The BOP said that because so few people are released back into Vermont, it doesn't make financial sense to put a center in the state.

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Sen. Peter Welch pushes for residential reentry center in Vermont

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - When it comes to residential reentry centers, Senator Peter Welch says the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is leaving Vermont behind. Vermont is one of only two states that doesn’t have a facility designed to help formerly incarcerated people reenter society with housing, substance use, and unemployment help. According to Welch, The BOP director said she would consider putting a reentry center in Vermont if the congressional dele…

2 months ago·Burlington, United States

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