Vermont § 3272 - Community reentry; prerelease planning
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 3272 — Community reentry; prerelease planning, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3272. Community reentry; prerelease planning
- (a) Consistent with 28 V.S.A. § 721, the Department of Corrections shall jointly establish with the community of planned
residence a community reentry support team for all offenders designated as high risk
under section 5411b of this title. The Department, the reentry support team, and the offender shall jointly begin developing
a release plan for each offender subject to this subsection beginning at least 12
months prior to the offender’s release. The Department shall designate a person to
oversee the creation of prerelease plans developed under this section and to review
completed plans. (b) A release plan developed under this section shall be individually tailored for each
offender, shall describe in detail the community reentry programming planned for the
offender, and shall include provisions addressing: (1) the appropriate residence for the offender; (2) postrelease treatment; (3) the community support and accountability network available to the offender; and (4) potential employment for the offender, including job and skills training. (c) A release plan developed under this section shall include a plan for victim safety
developed jointly by the Department and any known victim desiring to participate.
A plan developed pursuant to this subsection shall include victim wraparound services
when practicable and desired by the victim. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, the Department shall develop an internal directive to implement the provisions of
this section. (e) This section shall not be construed to affect in any way the Department’s duty to
develop and implement plans for offenders to return to the community under 28 V.S.A. § 1(b). (Added 2005, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.)
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Section 3272 ("Community reentry; prerelease planning") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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