Due Oct 15: Comments on protests in Washington DC

There are only a few hundred comments and the Oct 15th deadline for commenting on the anti-protest rules is fast approaching. This administration is trying to curtail the right to free speech and protest in Washington’s traditional protest areas. If this is something you care about, we encourage you to exercise your freedom of speech…

Profiting off jailed Vermonters

Amidst concerns over the mistreatment of Vermonters in a Pennsylvania private prison, the Department of Corrections has made the baffling decision to move Vermonters even further away, to Mississippi. https://vtdigger.org/2018/09/09/vermont-prisoners-moved-mississippi-prison-run-corecivic/ This decision comes on the heels of questions regarding Governor Scott receiving financial support from private prison lobbyists and plans to open a private prison…