Northern State Correctional Facility
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A branch of the Community High School of Vermont is located there. It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. It graduated 13 men in 2007.[3]
In 2008, the budget for the facility was $10 million.[4] The total expenditures for Fiscal Year 2010 were $16,698,753.[5]
In 2013, the superintendent named four gangs prevalent among the prisoners: the Crips, the Bloods, the Aryan Nation, and, a local gang, the Chittenden County White Boys. He indicated that Vermont is not violent and the local culture prevails with minimum conflict among the gangs.[6]
Media
In 2011, Muslim inmates complained that their religious needs were not being met during Ramadan. This made national news.[7]
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