© 2024
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Vermont Prison Budget Soars

By Eesha Williams

Montpelier, VT – Vermont's annual prison budget grew from $15 million in 1990 to $98 million last year. The state's Democratic legislature, Republican governor, and law enforcement officials all have different ideas on how to reign in the cost of incarceration in the Green Mountain State. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Eesha Williams has more.