THE POSITION OF VERMONT SEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS OFFICER:

The Vermont Department of Corrections is one of the largest Departments in state government with many career opportunities. Correctional Officers number more than 500 employees at nine correctional facilities throughout the state. Promotional opportunities are excellent here, beginning with Correctional Officer I entry-level positions. The Department is a fully integrated correctional services agency that includes detention, incarceration and community supervision. In addition to security, career opportunities exist in probation and parole as well as program and administrative support.

The majority of jobs in the Vermont Department of Correctional Services are filled by Correction Officers, who are required to pass a written Civil Service exam and undergo extensive medical, psychological, and background checks. Correction Officer positions are located throughout Vermont in various facilities of the Department of Correctional Services. Correction Officers are responsible for the custody and security as well as the safety and well being, of criminal offenders in State Correctional Facilities.


Vermont Correctional Facilities:

Caledonia Community Work Camp - St. Johnsbury
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility - South Burlington
Dale Women's Facility - Waterbury
Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility - Rutland
Northeast Regional Correctional Facility - St. Johnsbury
Northern State Correctional Facility - Newport
Northwest State Correctional Facility - Swanton
Southeast State Correctional Facility - Windsor
Southern State Correctional Facility - Springfield

Positive Growth Trend
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the attacks of September 11 will increase the demand for police as well as other jobs in criminal justice. That makes this a great time to consider criminal justice programs. Another benefit of criminal justice jobs is the fact that employer-provided benefits are typically better among state and local government employees than among private sector workers. Furthermore, the U.S. Department of Labor predicts that by 2010, the demand for FBI Officers, Police Officers, Private Detectives, U.S. Customs Agents and those in other professional criminal justice jobs will grow by more than 29%.

A criminal justice education will prepare you for a career in the following areas:

Forensic Science
Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or to a civil action.
A forensic scientist is first a scientist. When he applies his scientific knowledge to assist juries, attorneys, and judges in understanding science, he is a forensic scientist. Forensic scientists are thinkers, good with details, good with putting pieces of a puzzle together, and curious. Some scientists work in laboratories and some also go out to places where crimes are committed (crime scenes). Others teach in colleges and universities.
There are six general areas of forensic science.
· medical examiner,
· crime laboratory analyst,
· crime scene examiner,
· forensic engineer
· academic assistance - psychology
· technical assistance

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