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Thursday, June 18, 2015

The costs of imprisonment are 8 times more than community supervision. To read more, click here.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

The tales of how two criminal offenders successfully returned to society after years in federal prison are at the heart of a new U.S. Courts video, in which a U.S.

Friday, October 23, 2015

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin today is introducing comprehensive legislation aimed at recalibrating prison sentences for certain drug offenders, targeting violent criminals, and gra

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Recent news reports have focused on the thousands of federal inmates released from federal prison on an expedited basis due to changes in drug sentencing laws. For the past 90 years it has been the responsibility of federal probation officers to both supervise offenders released into the communit

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Approximately 80 percent of federal offenders remain free of felony arrest during their first three years back in the community after release from prison, and fewer than 15 percent of those are re-arrested for serious offenses even three years after completing their term of supervision, according

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

On April 5th, the United States Probation Office for the District of Vermont hosted a symposium exploring issues related to the opiate crisis in Vermont and New England. To access digital materials from the conference, please explore the links below:

Thursday, April 14, 2016

A 2014 change in federal drug sentencing guidelines has led to an unprecedented number of inmates receiving shortened prison terms, according to data from a new U.S. Sentencing Commission study.

Thursday, May 5, 2016

On May 4, 2016, the Rutland Federal Drug Court celebrated its first graduation a year after the program's inception in April 2015.

Monday, June 6, 2016

Vermont Public Radio's Jane Lindolm visited the TRAILS program in Burlington, Vermont, a re-entry court for post-conviction offenders with histories of substance abuse.

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Please read the following order for visitors to our Courthouse:

General Order on Restrictions to Visitors to Courthouses

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