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Vermont DOC Seeks Out-of-State Contractor

MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Department of Corrections is looking for a new out-of-state contractor to house about 500 inmates that Vermont does not have the capacity to hold.
The state currently has a four-year contract with Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), which will expire next July. CCA is currently housing the Vermonters in Kentucky and Arizona, which is not ideal because it puts a rather large distance between inmates and their families.

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