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Public Records in Private Accounts Subject to PRA Disclosure
Article • February 8, 2018
Filed under: Freedom of Information Act
Public Records in Private Accounts Subject to PRA Disclosure by David Reutter The Vermont Supreme Court held that “public records” under the Public Records Act (PRA) include any documents generated in the course of public agency business, even if the record is stored in a private account. The court held …
Vermont Supreme Court: Home Detention Doesn't Count as Time Served
Article • December 26, 2017
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Alternative Sentencing
Vermont Supreme Court: Home Detention Doesn't Count as Time Served by The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s ruling that a pretrial releasee subjected to a 24-hour home detention curfew with exceptions as a condition of release was not entitled to credit for time served on release because he …
Male Vermont Prison Employees Paid $10,000; No Gender Discrimination Found
Article • December 21, 2017
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation
Male Vermont Prison Employees Paid $10,000; No Gender Discrimination Found by Mark Wilson The Vermont Supreme Court held that Vermont prison officials did not violate state law by paying male employees as much as $10,000 more annually than their female counterparts. Lynne Silloway began working as a business manager for …
Vermont Supreme Court: Miranda Warning Not Necessary When Probation Officer Questions Probationer about Criminal Activity
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Probation
Vermont Supreme Court: Miranda Warning Not Necessary When Probation Officer Questions Probationer about Criminal Activity by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that a person on "furlough," a heightened version of parole in Vermont, has no right to a Miranda warning prior to questioning by …
Vermont Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Jailhouse Lawyers
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Attorneys, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure
Vermont Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Jailhouse Lawyers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In a unanimous and lengthy opinion, the Vermont Supreme Court dismissed a charge of unauthorized practice of law brought against a jailhouse lawyer. Martin Serendipity Morales, a prisoner who identifies as female, was being held at …
Patient X v. State of Vermont, VT, Settlement, Solitary Confinement, 2017
Brief • October 10, 2017
Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Patient X v. State of Vermont, VT, Settlement, Solitary Confinement, 2017 GENERAL RELEASE JEREMY PHILIPS ("Releasor"), for and in consideration of the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND Dollars ($20,000.00), lawful money of the United States, paid by the STATE OF VERMONT, as "Rele·asee," the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby …
Vermont Supreme Court Invalidates Sex Offender Probation Conditions
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Filed under: Sex Offender Residence, Probation
Vermont Supreme Court Invalidates Sex Offender Probation Conditions by Last year the Vermont Supreme Court vacated four sex offender probation conditions, finding that they improperly delegated judicial authority to probation officers and were overbroad, unconstitutional or based upon insufficient findings. In 2013, Owen Cornell was convicted of a sex offense …
Vermont Prisoner’s Ex Post Facto Challenge to Program Change Fails
Article • August 23, 2017
Filed under: Classification, Sex Offender Treatment
Vermont Prisoner’s Ex Post Facto Challenge to Program Change Fails by David Reutter by David Reutter The Vermont Supreme Court held that statutes and policies that do not retroactively after or limit the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) discretion over a prisoner’s treatment programming and early release, their application did …
VT DOC GTL Contract 2017-2021
Kickback publication • August 22, 2017
Filed under: Telephones
VT DOC GTL Contract 2017-2021
VT DOC PCS Commissions 2016-2017
Kickback publication • August 22, 2017
VT DOC PCS Commissions 2016-2017
In Re JPay Inc, VT, Assurance of Discontinuance, Jpay Day Contest, 2017
Brief • June 2, 2017
Filed under: JPay, Inc.
In Re JPay Inc, VT, Assurance of Discontinuance, Jpay Day Contest, 2017 ., T STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON SUPERIOR COURT Iu l1 JUN - 2 1 P 3: -\ 8 ) IN RE: JPay Inc. ) ) CIVIL DIVISION Wncv =--=---'--,..,.__+----"- ASSlfRAN CJ;OF\DISCONTINUANCE i ~ , L ··- , Vermont …
State of Vermont v. Larkin, VT, Opinion, Trial Court Exclusion of Evidence, 2017
Brief • 2017
Filed under: Evidence
State of Vermont v. Larkin, VT, Opinion, Trial Court Exclusion of Evidence, 2017 NOTICE: This opinion is subject to motions for reargument under V.R.A.P. 40 as well as formal revision before publication in the Vermont Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions by email at: JUD.Reporter@vermont.gov or …
Vermont Rates May 2017
Kickback publication • May 24, 2017
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Vermont Rates May 2017 10/11/2018 Information for Inmate Families and Friends — Department of Corrections Inmate Commissary Services Visit http://www.accesscorrections.com/ to place: Use the chat now feature at the bottom of the webpage to go to LiveChat help. If you are unable to process an order at http://www.accesscorrections.com/ please call …
Vermont rates May 2017
Kickback publication • May 15, 2017
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Vermont rates May 2017 5/15/2017 Information for Inmate Families and Friends — Department of Corrections Blank Deposit Coupon Blank coupon and instructions for depositing funds into an inmate account. Inmate Phones New Call Rates see table below Debit Phone accounts visit www.vermontpackage.com to deposit money. Prepaid Phone accounts visit https://www.offenderconnect.com/portal …
Vermont v. Heffernan, VT, Appeal, Police Misconduct, 2017
Brief • May 1, 2017
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Sixth Amendment, Police/Govt Misconduct
Vermont v. Heffernan, VT, Appeal, Police Misconduct, 2017 NOTICE: This opinion is subject to motions for reargument under V.R.A.P. 40 as well as formal revision before publication in the Vermont Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions by email at: JUD.Reporter@vermont.gov or by mail at: Vermont Supreme …
Vermont Supreme Court Adopts Prison “Mailbox Rule”
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Filed under: Legal Mail
Vermont Supreme Court Adopts Prison “Mailbox Rule” by In Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988), the U.S. Supreme Court held that it was unfair for courts to refuse to file prisoners’ pleadings because they were filed late if the prisoner delivered the pleading to prison officials before the filing deadline. …
Patient X v. State of Vermont, VT, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2017
Brief • January 20, 2017
Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Patient X v. State of Vermont, VT, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2017
Condoms Now Available to Prisoners in Three States
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Statistics/Trends, Prison Rape Elimination Act
Condoms Now Available to Prisoners in Three States by Joe Watson Legislation in California, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in September 2014, allows prisoners in the state’s 34 adult correctional facilities access to condoms. With the signing of Assembly Bill 999 – also known as the Prisoner Protections …
$1,000,000 Settlement in Vermont Child Abuse Case
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Settlements, Witnesses, Juveniles, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Education (Juveniles)
$1,000,000 Settlement in Vermont Child Abuse Case by A $1,000,000 settlement was awarded in a case against school officials for failing to report the abuse of a student.             The negligence suit was filed in 2009, years after the abuse had occurred. The suit was based on a rare law …
$7,000 Reached in Taser Use on Disabled Vermont Man by Police
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Excessive Force (Police)
$7,000 Reached in Taser Use on Disabled Vermont Man by Police by A $7,000.00 settlement was reached between Vermont State Police and the family of a mentally disabled man.             Timothy Bernier, 23, of Coventry, Vermont, suffers from Down’s syndrome, as well as other physical and mental disabilities. He was …
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