Bernie calls for ending exploitation of the prison labor

[Historic NY]

46. Except that Vermont gets Federal Money for prison beds while housing in the other states....

its inmates in private prisons.

Federal beds to keep more Vermont prisoners in Kentucky.

A deal in the works to house more federal inmates in Vermont prisons will hamper the state’s effort to reduce the number of local prisoners incarcerated in Kentucky and Arizona, the corrections commissioner said Monday.

Vermont contracts with the U.S. Marshals Service to house up to 40 federal prisoners in Vermont prisons. The feds pay the state $129 per prisoner per day.

This year the Marshals’ office asked to increase that number of beds to 85, said Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito. The DOC negotiated that number down to 60, Pallito said.

The deal will be good for the state’s pocketbook, but bad for the DOC’s goal of reducing the number of prisoners it houses with private prison contractor Corrections Corporation of America.

http://vtdigger.org/2015/01/19/federal-beds-keep-vt-prisoners-ky/

I'm certain Mr. Sanders would know this since its Federal Money that comes into the state and is approved in DC.