Prison

CoreCivic, the largest private prison company in the country, was the sole bidder for the contract, according to the Vermont Department of Corrections.

Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with the heads of Vermont's departments of Health and Corrections and the defender general about health concerns in local prisons.

Last week, with little fanfare, a historic, livestreamed debate took place between a team of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a team of residents from the Maine Department of Corrections.

It's been 20 years since the detention center at Guantanamo Bay opened on the coast of Cuba. And as we consider the last two decades and the controversial history of the prison, we're speaking with Vermonters who have had direct ties to it.

Vermont's state-run correctional facilities are only now beginning to lift pandemic restrictions that have been in place for the past two years. Vermont Edition host Connor Cyrus spoke with Seven Days reporter Derek Brouwer about his story profiling how state prisons have dealt with the pandemic.

Robert Davis' experience with the U.S. Parole Commission is an example of how systemic barriers can hold down people striving to do the right thing.

The U.S. jail population has a 55% weekly turnover rate, raising the risk of infections passing between communities, according to the study.

Prisoners in Connecticut wouldn't have to pay to make phone calls under a proposed law. They now pay some of the highest phone rates in the country.

Department of Corrections officials held a press conference Thursday morning about the COVID-19 outbreak at the Northern State Correctional Facility in…

Vermont is now facing the largest COVID-19 outbreak within a correctional facility since the pandemic began. Despite the implementation of public safety…