For FY23 (July 2022-June 2023), the number of individuals incarcerated in the out-of-state prison remained stable with an average of 118 incarcerated individuals per month. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the population of incarcerated individuals, both in-state and out-of-state, was steadily increasing. However, the pandemic led to a halt in transports to the out-of-state unit and a subsequent return of many to in-state facilities, reducing the number of out-of-state incarcerated individuals since FY20. 

Now, as the peak of the pandemic has passed and courts have reopened, there is an increased utilization of the out-of-state contract. This is leading to a return to regular out-of-state population patterns: a modest uptick with new arrivals, followed by a gradual decline as individuals are transferred back to Vermont for programming and/or as they approach their release dates.

Out-of-state incarcerated individuals are currently residing at Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility (TCCF), which is a medium security correctional facility located in Tutwiler, Mississippi approximately 1,374 miles from Vermont's nearest in-state facility, Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, VT. 

The Vermont DOC is working to return as many out-of-state incarcerated individuals as possible to in-state facilities (as in-state housing capacity allows).