2009 Special Session

Joint Corrections Oversight Committee

Previous Meetings - Full Report

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
CDs: 09-1

Meeting Record

1:00 PM

Review of Report

E. Anne Winchester, Office of Legislative Council

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
CDs: 09-2, 3, 4

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Corrections Oversight Committee Report

Joint Meeting with House Corrections & Institutions and Senate Judiciary Committees

Colleen Dwyer, Vermont Children's Aid Society
Steve Habeth, Executive Director, Vermont Children's Aid Society
Susan Onderwyzer, Program Services Executive, Department of Corrections
John Perry, Director of Planning, Department of Corrections
E. Anne Winchester, Office of Legislative Council

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Victim's Advocates

Committee talked with advocates about what helps them to hear regarding testimony

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
CDs: 09-5,6,7,8,9

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Corrections Issues

Capital bill and budget

Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

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S.13 - An act relating to improving Vermont's sexual abuse response system

Corrections Issues Overview

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

11:00 AM

Sex Offender Treatment Services/Victim Notification System

Amy Holloway, Department of Corrections
Susan Onderwyzer, Program Services Executive, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

11:30 AM

Sentence Computation Issues

John Perry, Director of Planning, Department of Corrections
Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Office of the Defender General

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Implementation of an Enhanced Integration of Services for Serious Functionally Impaired Persons

Working Group

Delores Burroughs-Biron MD, Health Services Director, Department of Corrections
Scott Johnson, Agency of Human Services
Susan Onderwyzer, Program Services Executive, Department of Corrections

2:00 PM

Closure of St. Johnsbury Facility

Update regarding possibility for closure

Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

2:15 PM

Facility Reorganization, Services for Substance Abuse, Etc.

Update of H.859

Barbara Cimaglio, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, Dept. of Health
Karen Gennette, Court Administrator's Office, Vermont Supreme Court
Susan Onderwyzer, Program Services Executive, Department of Corrections

3:15 PM

Other Business

Planning next agenda; setting dates for future meetings

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
Comments: Room 11
CDs: 09-10, 11, 12, 13

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

S.125 - An act relating to expanding the sex offender registry

Walk-Thru of Relevant S.125 Provisions

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

10:15 AM

S.125 - An act relating to expanding the sex offender registry

Update on Expansion of Internet Sex Offender Registry

Max Schlueter, Executive Director, Vermont Crime Information Center

10:30 AM

S.125 - An act relating to expanding the sex offender registry

Department to Permit Offender to Obtain Risk Assessment at Own Expense: DPS or DOC (Sec. 9; 13 V.S.A. section 5411a(b)(12)

Howard Kalfus, General Counsel, Public Safety Department
Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Max Schlueter, Executive Director, Vermont Crime Information Center

11:00 AM

S.125 - An act relating to expanding the sex offender registry

Plan for and Progress Toward Risk Assessment of All Sex Offenders Under DOC Supervision by September 1, 2009 (Sec. 10)

Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

11:30 AM

S.125 - An act relating to expanding the sex offender registry

Progress and Plan for Establishing Sex Offender Review Committee Petition Procedure (Sec. 11)

Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Department of Corrections Monthly Reports

John Perry, Director of Planning, Department of Corrections

1:30 PM

Update on Out-of-State Prison Beds

Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
John Perry, Director of Planning, Department of Corrections

2:00 PM

Corrections Facilities System-Wide Visitation Policy

Bob Kupek, Facilities Executive, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

2:30 PM

Field Supervision; Field Services Offices; Closure of Middlebury and Chelsea Probation Offices

Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

3:00 PM

Update on DOC Budget Satus

Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
John Perry, Director of Planning, Department of Corrections

3:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
Comments: Windsor Correctional Facility
CDs: 09-14, 15, 16, 17

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Arrival and Welcome

David Bovat, Superintendent, Southeast State Correctional Facility
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

10:15 AM

Tour of Facility

David Bovat, Superintendent, Southeast State Correctional Facility

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Inmate Testimony; Transition and Community Preparedness

Carolyn Marsh, Casework Supervisor, Department of Corrections
- Representative, Probation and Parole Office Representative

2:30 PM

Sparrow Project

George Karabakakis, Chief Operating Officer, Health Care and Rehabilitation Services
Vanessa Lane, Program Coordinator
Mark Young, Clinical Case Manager

3:30 PM

Concluding Remarks/Adjourn

David Bovat, Superintendent, Southeast State Correctional Facility
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
CDs: 09-18, 19, 20, 21

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

DOC Update; Quality Assurance; Facility and Community Staffing Levels

Sandra Olberg, Quality Assurance Officer, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

11:15 AM

Vermont Correctional Industries

Susan Onderwyzer, Program Services Executive, Department of Corrections

11:30 AM

License Plate Manufacture: DOC or Outside Contractor?

Robert Ide, Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles
Susan Onderwyzer, Program Services Executive, Department of Corrections

12:15 AM

Lunch

1:15 PM

The Courts and Incarceration/Detention Rates

Patricia Zimmerman, Honorable, Chittenden County

2:15 PM

Probation Officer/Inmate Interaction; Timing of Initial Meeting

TBA Others, Probation Officers
Keith Tallon, Interim Field Services Executive

3:30 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
CDs: 09-22, 23, 24, 25

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

DOC Update

Pre-trial detainees -- offenses, non-state residents; Sec. E.338 of Art 1 (special session) (Rental subsidy pilot program)

Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

10:45 AM

Facility Issues

Sec. 25 and 35 of Capital Bill, Act 43 (H.445) (Chittenden County and Northwest State Correctional)

Gerry Myers, Commissioner, Department of Buildings & General Services
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

11:30 AM

Mission Project (Veteran's Court)

Tom Simpatico, Project Director, Vermont Psychiatric Association

12:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM

Internet Sex Offender Registry

Sheri Englert, Coordinator, Sex Offender Registry, Department of Corrections
Max Schlueter, Director, Vermont Crime Information Center

2:15 PM

Community Supervision Levels

Tim Bombardier, Police Chief, Barre City
Tom Lauzon, Mayor, Barrey City
Martin Manahan, Mayor, City of St. Albans
Paul Monette, Mayor, City of Newport
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Rep. Paul N. Poirier, Barre City
Gary Taylor, Chief, St. Albans Police Department

3:30 PM

Committee Discussion: Report

E. Anne Winchester, Legislative Council

4:00 PM

Adjourn

Monday, November 30, 2009

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
CDs: 09-26, 27, 28

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Barriers to effective operation of drug courts

Karen Gennette, Court Administrator's Office, Vermont Supreme Court

10:30 AM

Reports from Commissioner Andy Pallito and Staff

Types of crimes committed by detainees; Fiscal arrangements between Federal Marshall and State of Vermont; Recommendations for changes to statutes regarding administrative probation; and Current levels of ISAP services available to offenders in the community

11:00 AM

Committee Review of staff documents:

Draft letter to Administrative Law Judge regarding use of term probation; Draft report to the General Assembly

E. Anne Winchester, Legislative Council

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Capacity to provide services to persons under the custody of DOC in light of recent staff cuts

Patrick Flood, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Human Services

2:00 PM

S.2 - An act relating to offenders with a mental illness or other functional impairment

Implementation of Act 26 (S.2)

Patrick Flood, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Human Services
Scott Johnston, Field Services Director, Department of Corrections
A.J. Ruben, Disability Rights Vermont

2:30 PM

Continued review of draft report to General Assembly

3:00 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
CDs: 10-1, 2, 3, 4

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions

Rep. Alice M. Emmons, Chair, Corrections Oversight Committee

10:05 AM

Legislative Reports to Corrections Oversight Committee

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

10:20 AM

Challenges for Change - Administration's 2nd Quarterly Progress Report

Amy Davenport, Administrative Judge, Judiciary
Tom Evslin, Chief Technology Officer, Agency of Administration
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

11:30 AM

Department of Corrections Updates

Dale Crook, Correctional Field Services Specialist, Department of Corrections
Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Sex Offender Registry Auditor's Report

Linda Lambert, IT Auditor, State Auditor's Office
Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Thomas Salmon, State Auditor, Vermont State Auditor's Office
Thomas Tremblay, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Jeffrey Wallin, Director, Vermont Crime Information Center

3:20 PM

Other Business; Next Meeting date

3:30 PM

Adjourn

Monday, September 20, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
CDs: 10-5, 6, 7, 8

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions

Rep. Alice M. Emmons, Corrections Oversight Committee

10:05 AM

Department of Corrections Monthly Reports Reviewed & Prioritized

Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

10:30 AM

Department of Corrections Operational Updates and Challenges for Change Updates

Greg Hale, Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility
Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

11:20 AM

Community Safety and Correctons Task Force

Chris Louras, Mayor, Rutland City

11:30 AM

Progress Report on Judicial/Correctons Operations

Amy Davenport, Administrative Judge, Judiciary
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Office of the Defender General

11:40 AM

Report on Sex Offender Registry

Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Thomas Tremblay, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Jeffrey Wallin, Vermont Crime Information Center

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:10 PM

Update on New Medical Contract

Delores Burroughs-Biron MD, Health Services Director, Department of Corrections

2:15 PM

VIC Industries, the Work Offender Program and community High School of Vermont

Wilhelmina Picard, Superintendent, Community High School of Vermont

2:45 PM

S.13 - An act relating to improving Vermont's sexual abuse response system

Sex Offender Registry 70% Rule

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Georgia Cumming, Vermont Center for Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Abuse
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

3:10 PM

Sex Offender Registry - Sex offenders requesting not to be put on the Internet Sex Offender Registry

Georgia Cumming, Vermont Center for Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Abuse
Jeffrey Wallin, Vermont Crime Information Center

3:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
CDs: 10-9, 10, 11

Meeting Record

10:45 AM

Department of Corrections Updates

Trudy Ellinger, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

11:05 AM

Internet Offender Registry Appeals

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

11:30 AM

Internet Offender Registry Appeals

Georgia Cumming, Vermont Center for Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Abuse
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Office of the Defender General

11:45 AM

Second Chance Act Grant

Action Item for Committee Vote (by request of JFO)

Nathan Lavery, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Committee
Derek Miodownik, Restorative Systems Administrator, Department of Corrections

12:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM

Accuracy of Criminal History Records Update

Thomas Tremblay, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Jeffrey Wallin, Director, Vermont Crime Information Center

1:35 PM

Department of Corrections Offender Telephone Policy

How telephones are used for contacting children and in general

Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

2:00 PM

VC Industries, the Work Offender Program & Community H.S. of Vermont

Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Wilhelmina Picard, Superintendent, Community High School of Vermont

2:45 PM

Sex Offenders - Serving 70% of Sentence Rule

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

3:00 PM

Department of Corrections Monthly Reports

Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

3:30 PM

Other Business; Next Meeting date

3:45 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type: Standard
CDs: 10-12, 13, 14

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Review Draft Annual Report

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

10:45 AM

How Sex Offenders are Supervised in the Community

Kris Goldstein, Probation Officer, Burlington Probation & Parol Office
Mike Sweeney, Probation Officer, Barre Probation and Parole Office

11:30 AM

Seriously Functionally Impaired

Patrick Flood, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Human Services

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Internet Sex Offender Registry Appeal

Discussion of Specific Cases

Georgia Cumming, Vermont Center for Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Abuse
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

2:00 PM

Department of Correctons Monthly Reports Reviewed

Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

2:30 PM

Adjourn