Vermont Department of Corrections

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The Vermont Department of Corrections is an executive agency of the U.S. state of Vermont; charged with overseeing the state correctional facilities, supervising probation and parolees, and serving in an advisory capacity in the prevention of crime and delinquency. It is a part of the Vermont Agency of Human Services.[1]

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[edit] State prison facilities

The Department of Corrections manages the operations of nine prison facilities within the state. There were 2,202 prisoners in the system in 2007.[2]

Name Location Security level Capacity Prisoners Gender
Northern State Correctional Facility Newport
400
359
Male
Southeast State Correctional Facility Windsor
96
Female
Dale Woman's Facility Waterbury
48
Female
Caledonia Community Work Camp St. Johnsbury
100
Male
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility South Burlington
153
Male
Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility Rutland
127
Male
Northeast Regional Correctional Facility St. Johnsbury
126
Male
Northwest State Correctional Facility Swanton[3]
238
Male
Document Actions Southern State Correctional Facility Springfield
353
Male

Additionally, 559 prisoners are imprisoned out of state. These prisoners cost half as much as the prisoners in state because only healthy prisoners are sent elsewhere. Also, these larger out-of-state prisons have economy-of-scale that cannot be matched in Vermont's smaller prisons.[4]

There are 600 corrections officers. [5]

[edit] Probation and Parole Offices

There are 13 community-based probation and parole offices throughout Vermont. These are under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department. The offices are located in Barre, Bennington, Brattleboro, Burlington, Chelsea (sub-office in Hartford District), Hartford, Middlebury, Morrisville, Newport, Rutland, St. Albans, St. Johnsbury, and Springfield.[6]

[edit] Future plans

In 2008, the department announced plans to close the Windsor prison for women, move women's prison to St.Albans(Swanton), and move some Swanton prisoners to Newport.[4]

[edit] See also

Vermont Portal
Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics Portal

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ State of Vermont website accessed January 11, 2008
  2. ^ State of Vermont website accessed January 11, 2008
  3. ^ alternately identified as being in St. Albans but with the same street address
  4. ^ a b Gresser, Joseph (June 4, 2008). State outlines new prison policy. the Chronicle. 
  5. ^ (September 12, 2007) Local men graduate from corrections officer school. the Chronicle. 
  6. ^ Probation and Parole Office

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