The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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COMMITMENT, TRANSFER, AND DISCHARGE
(Cite as: 28 V.S.A. § 701b)
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§ 701b. Classification of persons or defendants
(a) When a defendant or person in a civil or criminal action is sentenced to the custody
of the Commissioner or committed to the Commissioner’s custody pending a prosecution
on a misdemeanor charge or for sentencing, the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s
designee shall within five days of sentencing or commitment, excluding weekends and
holidays, classify the person to determine whether he or she shall be incarcerated,
held at a community work camp, or furloughed. Failure to classify within the five-day
period shall not create a private right of action against the State, its political
subdivisions, or its employees.
(b) Notwithstanding 13 V.S.A. § 7554, the Commissioner may place on furlough under provisions of section 808 of this title, a misdemeanor defendant when the Commissioner, based upon a completed classification,
has determined that the defendant is likely to appear in court as directed. If the
Commissioner places such a defendant on furlough, the Commissioner shall impose not
only the conditions of release initially ordered by the judicial officer, but also
such additional terms or conditions deemed necessary to ensure that the defendant
will appear in court. The Commissioner shall supervise compliance with all such conditions
imposed. (Added 1995, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 49, eff. May 22, 1996; 2009, No. 33, § 50.)