Residential Reentry Center (RRC)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism hearing this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) highlighted the importance of placing a Residential Reentry Center (RRC) in Vermont.  The hearing followed a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week where Senator Welch pressed U.S. Bureau…

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) pressed U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Colette Peters on why Vermont remains one of only two states without a Residential Reentry Center (RRC), despite unanimous support for an RRC from…

Residential Reentry Centers offer transitional services and assistance for those re-entering their communities after being incarcerated – Vermont is one of two states without a center   WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint…