Vermont — State and Local Issues — Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program

State and Local Issues

Because 90% of all prisoners in the United States are in state facilities, the work that states are doing to reduce their prison populations is crucial. Attempting to end mass incarceration necessitates realizing this is a situation requiring not one national solution, but fifty state solutions. Below are current state solutions that could be effectively modeled by other states for meaningful reform.

Christopher Lukasik: A seat at the table for crime victims

"ACLU-Vermont released a candidate survey to all of Vermont state’s attorney candidates who will appear on the ballot this fall. The apparent focus of this survey was to enlighten voters on the attitudes of our candidates for office on issues of mass incarceration, and racial disparities in prosecution, among other issues....I found it concerning that ACLU-Vermont did not include any discussion or questions as to the role of victims in the criminal justice system or how state’s attorney candidates would serve crime victims and enforce victim rights."

The Vermont Digger

July 19, 2018

State ReformsAnthony BradleyJuly 31, 2018Vermont Digger, ACLU, Vermont

ACLU of Vermont Voter Guide - 2018 State's Attorney Elections

"In June 2018, the ACLU of Vermont sent each of the candidates for state's attorney a 20-question survey, inviting them to state their personal views on a range of criminal justice issues ahead of this year’s elections, including prosecutor transparency, police accountability, the opiate epidemic, mental health services, and racial disparities in Vermont’s criminal justice system."

ACLU Vermont

July 1, 2018

Prosecutors, State ReformsAnthony BradleyJuly 31, 2018ACLU, Vermont

State and Local Issues

Galsworthy CJR Program

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