ACLU, Partners Call on Legislators to Oppose Plans for Prison Expansion
Proposal to replace and expand CRCF estimated to cost at least $71 million, likely more; additional prison construction costs could exceed $500 million
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Proposal to replace and expand CRCF estimated to cost at least $71 million, likely more; additional prison construction costs could exceed $500 million
Part of a concerning pattern of local officials unconstitutionally excluding Vermonters from public spaces
Campaign has helped drive forty percent drop in state prison population, groundbreaking racial justice initiatives and police reforms
Dishonest and coercive tactics part of unlawful arrest, interrogation, and search by police department with troubled history
Newport case is another example of local officials unconstitutionally excluding Vermonters from public spaces
Case implicates core First Amendment freedoms of speech, assembly, and petitioning government