The Department for Children and Families has proposed a temporary facility for youth needing secure placement in St. Albans while the state searches for a permanent solution. The closure of the state’s only juvenile detention facility in 2020 has left Vermont without a place for juvenile offenders. This has led some to be housed out of state or in adult prisons.
![A map of the proposed facility in relation to Northwest State Correctional Facility.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a545e0c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1087x859+0+0/resize/880x695!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd6%2F5f%2F77cdc04247c3941686ac0e085e8e%2Fdcf-st-albans-juvenile-facility-map-potential-siting-20230222.jpg)
Department for Children and Families
Our guests:
- Tyler Allen, adolescent services director for the Department for Children and Families
- Marshall Pahl, deputy defender general and chief juvenile defender in Vermont’s Office of the Defender General
- Liam Elder-Connors, Vermont Public reporter
Broadcast live on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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