Issue Position: Reimagine Criminal Justice & Public Safety

Issue Position

We're long overdue for significant changes in public safety and criminal justice. What might that look like? Address mental health emergencies with mental health expertise, not police. Establish a statewide protocol for investigating fatal or near-fatal police violence to ensure accountability and reduce discrimination. Lowering incarceration rates by eliminating pre-trial custody for all nonviolent offenders. Developing more community-based housing and services to support offenders when released and reduce rates of recidivism. And, bringing home Vermonters who are incarcerated out of state.

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