TJ Donovan: Governor’s prison plan prompts questions

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan, who previously served as the Chittenden County state’s attorney for 10 years, where in 2010 he started the Rapid Intervention Community Court, a criminal justice program available to non-violent offenders whose crimes have been driven by addiction or mental illness. He is a former board member of the Burlington Dismas House.
The governor’s administration has proposed a new 925-bed prison campus at a cost