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The Prison and Jail System

Vermont has a unified system which means there is an integrated state-level prison and jail system. There are six states with unified systems. They are: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

As of December 31, 2018, Vermont has 14 counties and 8 facilities with an incarcerated population of 1,659. There are 1,021 staff positions with a budget of $156,001,129 million.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, Vermont's community corrections population was 3,936 under probation and 870 under parole.

Methodology

The National Institute of Corrections depends on publicly available information to provide the information on this page.

The statistics for budgets, employee positions, and state prison facilities data comes from state departments of corrections (DOCs), other state reports and state agencies. If data is missing for a state, then we were unable to find that information.

The data on prison population and incarcerate rate come from the Prisoner in 2018 report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). That report includes the count of prisoners in the unified systems of Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Violent and property crime rates are provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

The number of counties per state comes from the United States Census Bureau.

Current jail population by state is unavailable. The most recent census was conducted by BJS in 2014.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
187
Violent Crime Rate
172
Property Crime Rate
1,283
Probationers
770
Parolees
170

Populations

Prison Population
1,659
Parole Population
870
Probation Population
3,936

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
8 facilities

Prisons

Employee Positions
1,021
Prison Budget
$156,001,129