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Previous Meetings - Full Report

Summary 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