Prison dog-training programs teach incarcerated people responsibility and give them a sense of purpose behind bars.

Prison dog-training programs teach incarcerated people responsibility and give them a sense of purpose behind bars.

This story by Ethan Weinstein was first published by VT Digger on April 3. Vermont’s state prisons are part of a growing constellation of federal, state and county facilities in New England used to ...

People detained in Vermont’s prisons for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection struggle to call their families and have been exposed to physical violence.

People detained in Vermont’s prisons for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection struggle to call their families and have been exposed to physical violence.

One hundred and thirty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged the devastating effects of solitary confinement. In an 1890 ruling declaring that Colorado had improperly subjected a man ...