In 2008, the budget for the facility was $10 million.[5] The total expenditures for Fiscal Year 2010 were $16,698,753.[1]
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]
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The prisoners formed a theater group which they named "The Usual Suspects."[citation needed]
In 2011, Muslim inmates complained that their religious needs were not being met during Ramadan. This made national news.[7]