By Keith McGilvery
WCAX
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Getting one-time Vermont inmates back on the job can come with challenges.
“One of the great barriers I have seen over the last few years is when people are released from prison they may have skills, but there is no linkage to a job,” said Wilhelmina Picard, the director of education for the Vt. Corrections Department.
This week Gov. Peter Shumlin announced plans to take on the problem with hopes of keeping people from returning to prison.
“We as a state have launched an aggressive war on recidivism,” said Shumlin, D-Vermont.
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