Joint Legislative Justice Oversight Committee

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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

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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

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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
• 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