How many state prisons are in Vermont?

Vermont has 6 state correctional facilities operated by Vermont Department of Corrections. Jail411 verified the operating-institution source on August 13, 2026.

Why do sources report different prison counts for Vermont?

Facility inventories count every prison-type site as its own row, including camps, annexes, federal facilities and community corrections. A state corrections agency counts only the institutions it operates, under its own definition. For Vermont those two methods give 10 and 6. Jail411 publishes Vermont Department of Corrections's figure as the answer and shows the directory total separately.

How many county and local jails are in Vermont?

Vermont has 3 provisional local jail facilities according to Jail411 facility inventory (HIFLD), with the inventory dated February 26, 2026.

Directory / Vermont

Vermont Jails & Prisons

Name: Vermont correctional facility counts
Creator: Jail411

Every jail, prison and detention facility in Vermont — addresses, phone numbers, visiting rules, and the official inmate search for each one.

Browse Vermont facilities What do I do first?

15 facility records

6 VT institutions

3 county jails

10 counties with facilities

Vermont has 6 state prisons operated by Vermont Department of Corrections, plus 3 county and local jails. This directory lists 10 because it still carries institutions the agency is closing. How we count.

Where are they right now? Jails and prisons are not two separate worlds. They are points on one path, and searching the wrong one is why a name comes back with nothing.

ArrestedTaken to the county jail for the county where the arrest happened — not where they live.
County jailHeld here while the case runs. 3 local jail facilities in Vermont. Bail is set and posted here.
Court and sentencingMost people leave from here. Only a sentence to state time moves someone into the prison system.
Released, fined, or a county sentence — the path ends here for most people
Reception centreWeeks, not days. They are scored, assessed and assigned. Expect little contact during this stage — this is the part families are least warned about.
InstitutionPlaced at one of 6 institutions, at a security level set by their score — not by the worst thing the prison is allowed to hold.
Release and supervisionThey report to a parole or probation office, which is rarely the city they were held in.

What is in this directory

Browse Vermont records by system.

Jails, state prisons, federal facilities, and ICE detention are run by different agencies under different rules. These groups are how we file the records — not official counts of what the state operates.

State prisons10 10 sites in this directory · Vermont Department of Corrections counts 6 state correctional facilities. See why they differ. County and city jails3 Juvenile facilities1 Community corrections and work release1

Official routes and practical help

What do you need to do in Vermont?

Each link goes to the agency that actually handles it. Individual facilities can still add their own rules, so confirm with the one holding the person.

Facility directory

All Vermont facility records.

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State prisons in Vermont10 records

Facility	City	County
204 Depot Street Program	Bennington	Bennington
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility	South Burlington	Chittenden
Dale Correctional Facility	Waterbury	Washington
Howard Center - Park Street Program	Rutland	Rutland
Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility	Rutland	Rutland
Northeast Correctional Complex	St.. Johnsbury	Caledonia
Northern State Correctional Facility	Newport	Orleans
Northwest State Correctional Facility	Swanton	Franklin
Southeast State Correctional Facility - Windsor	Windsor	Windsor
Southern State Correctional Facility	Springfield	Windsor

County and city jails in Vermont3 records

Facility	City	County
Addison County Jail	Middlebury	Addison
Franklin County Detention Facility	St.. Albans	Franklin
Orange County Jail	Chelsea	Orange

Juvenile facilities in Vermont1 records

Facility	City	County
Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center	Colchester	Chittenden

Community corrections and work release in Vermont1 records

Facility	City	County
Northeast Correctional Complex Work Camp	St.. Johnsbury	Caledonia

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Where in Vermont?

Most people know the county or the city, not the name of the facility. Start there. Bail is set and posted at the county jail, so the county page is also where the sheriff, the custody search and the court contacts live.

9 counties in Vermont with facility records

13 cities in Vermont with facility records

No longer operating

2 closed facilities in Vermont

These have shut. Nobody is held at any of them. They are listed because the names stay in people’s records, letters and memories long after the doors close, and because a directory that simply omits them looks broken to the person searching.

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2 more, closing date not yet confirmed

DALE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Waterbury
SOUTHEAST STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY - WINDSOR Windsor

Parole and probation

Vermont parole offices — where someone reports after release, which is rarely the city they were held in.