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A sign that reads "CoreCivic Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility sits in a grassy field under a blue sky.
Liam Elder-Connors
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Vermont Public
Brave Little State
Why does Vermont send people to an out-of-state prison in Mississippi?
Liam Elder-Connors, Josh Crane
Vermont doesn’t have enough beds for all the men incarcerated here. So, the state sends them more than a thousand miles away to a private facility in Mississippi — all while a prison sits vacant in Windsor, Vermont. One listener wants to know: Why?

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