The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES
(Cite as: 28 V.S.A. § 754)
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§ 754. Powers and responsibilities of the Department regarding the work release program
The Department is charged with the following powers and responsibilities:
(1) To supervise and consult with inmates participating in any work release program.
(2) To assist in locating available employment or vocational or other training opportunities
for qualified work release participants and to effect placement of the participants
under any work release program.
(3) To promote public understanding and acceptance of the work release program.
(4) To foster cooperation of all State agencies with the Department in the administration
of the work release program.
(5) To provide cash advances in the nature of loans from the revolving fund established
by section 752 of this title to participants in the work release program as are necessary to carry out the program.
The Commissioner is authorized to seek all available remedies in any court of this
State or any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain a judgment in the event that
an inmate receiving a cash advance in accordance with this section defaults in the
repayment of the cash advance. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)