House expands addiction treatment for inmates

Annie Ramniceanu, the Corrections Department’s mental health system’s director. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
Six weeks after the state Senate voted to enhance opioid-addiction treatment for prisoners, the House is pushing to expand the program even further.
Representatives on Friday gave final approval to a version of S.166 that says Vermont inmates should be able to receive medication-assisted treatment behind bars even if they had not been undergoing such treatment befor