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Vermont correctional populations of Census 2010 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Caledonia Community Work Camp 99 State 1266 US Rt 5 St. Johnsbury 05819 Caledonia County 12/30/2005
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility 178 State 7 Farrell Street South Burlington 05403 Chittenden County 12/30/2005
Dale Correctional Facility 50 State 103 S Main Street Waterbury 56713001 New Haven County 12/30/2005
Marble Valley Regional Correctional 127 State 167 State Street Rutland 05701 Rutland County 12/30/2005
Northeast Regional Corr Facility 120 State 1270 US Rt 5 St. Johnsbury 05819 Caledonia County 12/30/2005
Northern State Corr Facility 338 State 2559 Glenn Road Newport 05855 Orleans County 12/30/2005
Northwest State Correctional Facility 235 State 2369 Lower Newton Road Swanton 05488 Franklin County 12/30/2005
Southeast State Corr Facility 99 State 546 State Farm Road Windsor 05089 Windsor County 12/30/2005
Southern State Correctional Facility 350 State 700 Charleston Road Springfield 05156 Windsor County 12/30/2005

This table draws data from three sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 1, 2010: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date on April 4, 2010.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on December 30, 2005 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR24642-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-10-05. doi:10.3886/ICPSR24642
  • Local jails on March 31, 2006 was extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR26602-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-01-26. doi:10.3886/ICPSR26602

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of March 2010.

For state, federal and local prisons built or expanded in the latter half of the decade, you may find this list of New and Expanded Prisons Since 2000 helpful as well.

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