The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
003
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CARE OF INMATES
(Cite as: 28 V.S.A. § 808a)
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§ 808a. Treatment furlough
(a) An offender may be sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment, but placed by a court
on treatment furlough to participate in such programs administered by the Department
in the community that reduce the offender’s risk to reoffend or that provide reparation
to the community in the form of supervised work activities.
(b) Provided the approval of the sentencing judge, if available, otherwise a Superior
Court judge, is first obtained, the Department may place on treatment furlough an
offender who has not yet served the minimum term of the sentence, who, in the Department’s
determination, needs residential treatment services not available in a correctional
facility. The services may include treatment for substance abuse or personal violence
or any other condition that the Department has determined should be addressed in order
to reduce the offender’s risk to reoffend or cause harm to himself or herself or to
others in the facility. The offender shall be released only to a hospital or residential
treatment facility that provides services to the general population. The State’s share
of the cost of placement in such a facility, net of any private or federal participation,
shall be paid pursuant to memoranda of agreement between and within State agencies
reflective of their shared responsibilities to maximize the efficient and effective
use of State resources. In the event that a memorandum of agreement cannot be reached,
the Secretary of Administration shall make a final determination as to the manner
in which costs will be allocated.
(c) [Repealed.] (Added 2011, No. 41, § 3a; amended 2011, No. 41, § 3c, eff. April 1, 2013; 2019, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)