Joint Legislative Justice Oversight Committee

 

AGENDA

 

Room 10 and Zoom

September 18, 2024

Last Updated 9/23/2024 3:20 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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10:00 AM                   DOC Updates and Response

2-2-3 Schedule and Calculated Leave Time

Nicholas Deml, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Travis Denton, Facility Operations Division Director, Department of Corrections

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Leona Watt, Chair, Legislative Committee, Vermont State Employees Association

Shawanda Hill, Correctional Officer I, Southern State Correctional Facility - ZOOM

 

-                                   DOC Updates and Response

Labor partner petition and staff response

Jeff Reynolds, Correctional Officer II, Northeast Correctional Facility

Bryant Smith, Correctional Officer II, Northeast Correctional Facility

John Ouellet, Correctional Officer I, Northern State Correctional Facility

 

-                                   DOC Updates and Response

VOSHA Protocols

Nicholas Deml, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Travis Denton, Facility Operations Division Director, Department of Corrections

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Act 125: Raise the Age

July Report

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Matthew Bernstein, Director, Office of Child, Youth and Family Advocate

Lauren Higbee, Deputy Advocate, Office of Child, Youth and Family Advocate

Chris Winters, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Tyler Allen, Adolescent Services Director, Department for Children and Families, Family Services Division

Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary (1:30 PM)

Timothy Lueders-Dumont, Legislative & Asst. Appellate Attorney, Vermont Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

Joshua Rutherford, Operations Director, Department of Corrections

 

2:35 PM                   Act 159: An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the corrections laws

Section 3, Earned time expansion review

Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Joshua Rutherford, Operations Director, Department of Corrections

 

2:50 PM                   Committee Discussion

Next meeting October 16

 

3:10 PM                   Adjourn

 

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