The Vermont Department for Children and Families has plans to develop five new youth facilities to replace Essex’s Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, which shuttered in 2020 amid a dwindling inmate population and reports of abuse by staff. One of them will reuse...
• The Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission held its first public meeting on Sept. 5, shortly after hiring an executive director, Faith Yacubian. The legislature has instructed the Commission to “begin the process of dismantling institutional, structural, and...
According to California’s Bridge Rail Foundation, more than 1,700 people have leapt to their death off the Golden Gate Bridge since its opening in 1937, making it “the world’s deadliest structure.” Fewer than 35 jumpers have survived the fall. One of them is Kevin...
At its annual meeting at the Rutland Free Library, the membership of Vermont Psychiatric Survivors elected Keith Molinari, Rodney Nicklaw, and William J. Collins to its board of directors. VPS publishes Counterpoint. Molinari, Nicklaw, and Collins had served as...
Vermont lawmakers will reconvene in Montpelier for the second half of the legislative biennium on Jan. 3, 2024. As usual, the House Committee on Health Care and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare will examine bills that address mental health. Rep. Lori...
