The Criminalization of Poverty - Lunch Discussion with Attorneys from Vermont's Justice System

How does income inequality result in justice inequality? In what ways does the justice system perpetuate poverty? What is Vermont’s justice system doing to address the root causes of criminality? Join Middlebury’s Privilege & Poverty Academic Cluster (P&P) for a lunch discussion with Dennis Wygmans, State’s Attorney for Addison County, TJ Donovan, Attorney General for Vermont, and James Gratton, Attorney for Addison County’s Office of the Defender General.

Food provided, please RSVP online using the link provided (go/lunchtalks OR https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcqTkDPFSNf3K9zCYoXAt5QV4gOwF…)!

Want to learn more in advance of the discussion? Check out this report from the Institute for Policy Studies: “The Poor Get Prison” (https://ips-dc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IPS-The-Poor-Get-Prison-F…)