Caledonia County Sheriff

Officers pick between two tracks once they have someone in hand. A citation is the lighter one: a slip telling the defendant which day to appear before the court, and they leave with it in their pocket. The heavier track is lodging, a trip to a DOC facility to sit until a judge can see them.

Lodged defendants are generally brought in on the next business day. Domestic assault runs on a similar clock. Anyone ticketed for it must face a judge by the next business day after the ticket, barring good cause shown to the court (13 V.S.A. § 1048).

Lesser charges can move faster still. If the possible penalty is under two years behind bars and no more than a $1,000 fine, a Court Administrator designee is allowed to fix bail ahead of the first hearing (13 V.S.A. § 7559a). Every other case waits for arraignment at the Caledonia Criminal Division, 1126 Main St, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6600, where a judge decides.

The law leans toward sending people home. Top of the list is personal recognizance, a plain promise to return. Next comes an unsecured appearance bond: nothing is paid up front, yet the full sum is owed if court is skipped (13 V.S.A. § 7554).

A judge reaches past those two only when a promise will not get the defendant back to court. Then the rule is to use the gentlest set of terms that still does the job. Choices on that list:

• Living under the watch of a responsible grown-up whom the court appoints.
• Staying in a set area, living at a set address, or keeping away from certain people.
• Treatment for alcohol or drug use.
• A deposit bond, known in the statute as a secured appearance bond. Up to 10% of the bond is handed to the clerk, and that deposit is returned once every court date has been kept.
• A bail agent's surety bond, or the entire amount in cash.
• Being home by a fixed hour each night.
• Check-ins with pretrial supervision, or house arrest on an ankle monitor.

Separately, the judge can bar contact with an alleged victim or witness, effective the moment it is ordered. Statewide detail, statute by statute, waits on our Vermont bail laws page.

No. Vermont uses no chart that ties a dollar figure to a charge, here or in any county. Each judge weighs the case in front of them: how grave the offense looks, the number of counts, any history of no-shows, and whether the accused was under supervision or on probation when arrested. Ability to pay must be weighed too, before any money bail is set.

State law also puts firm limits on minor cases (13 V.S.A. § 7551):

• A misdemeanor ticket means zero bail at the first appearance.
• That rule also covers misdemeanors eligible for sealing down the road, which keeps them out of most background checks.
• When a sealable misdemeanor really does call for bail, $200 is the ceiling. That ceiling vanishes for a defendant who was out on conditions in some earlier case.

For the figure in a specific docket, ring the Criminal Division clerk, 1126 Main St, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6600, any weekday.

Evenings and weekends, payment goes to whichever DOC facility has the person. Staff accept it, write you a receipt and pass the money along to the court (13 V.S.A. § 7559a). For nearly all men from this county, that means the Northeast Correctional Complex, 1266-1270 US Route 5, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-8151. It holds men at every level from minimum to close custody. A work camp, formerly the Caledonia Community Work Camp, operates from its own building there.

1. Ring the facility before driving over. Check that the person is there and that a release order naming the bail has arrived from court.
2. Find out the hours bail is taken and what forms of payment staff will handle.
3. Show up holding photo identification plus the bail to the penny.
4. File the receipt away safely; refunds hinge on that slip.

A person not found at the Route 5 complex could be at another DOC site:

• Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility, 7 Farrell Street, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802-863-7356. Every woman in DOC custody is housed here, pretrial or sentenced.
• Northern State Correctional Facility, 2559 Glen Road, Newport, VT 05855, 802-334-3364. At 433 beds it is the state's largest. Pretrial men from Orleans and Essex counties wait here, alongside men serving sentences.
• Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility, 167 State Street, Rutland, VT 05701, 802-786-5830. Its beds go mostly to Rutland-area, Addison and Bennington men awaiting trial, with a unit kept ready for juveniles.
• Northwest State Correctional Facility, 3649 Lower Newton Road, St. Albans, VT 05478, 802-524-6771. It takes Franklin, Grand Isle and Chittenden men before trial, people held on federal charges, and DOC's main sex offender treatment program.
• Southern State Correctional Facility, 700 Charlestown Road, Springfield, VT 05156, 802-909-2601. Pretrial men from Windham and Windsor counties, plus residents whose mental health, medical or aging needs are acute. Its infirmary, the biggest in the system, offers hospice.
• Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, 19351 US Highway 49 North, Tutwiler, MS 38963. CoreCivic runs it in Mississippi under contract with DOC. It receives some sentenced men only; detainees awaiting trial stay in Vermont. Families with questions about that Mississippi placement can reach DOC Central Office, 280 State Drive, NOB 2 South, Waterbury, VT 05671-2000, 802-241-2442.

Yes, during business hours. The clerk's office of the Caledonia Criminal Division sits at 1126 Main St, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6600. Doors open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., except court holidays. Once a month, on the second Tuesday, staff training keeps the doors closed until noon. The court then notifies DOC and sends the release paperwork along.

1. Call ahead and spell the defendant's full name. Confirm the amount and that the release order is ready to go.
2. Ask what payment the window takes, and for a check or money order, the exact name to put after "Pay to the order of."
3. Show up with photo ID.
4. Store the receipt somewhere safe. Should it vanish, a Lost Bail Receipt Affidavit lets you swear to the payment instead.

Vermont law names two places to post bail: the court, or the DOC site holding the person (13 V.S.A. § 7559a).

Rules at the clerk's window may not match the rules at a DOC facility, so check before you go. In the daytime, dial the clerk at 802-748-6600. At night, try the Northeast Correctional Complex, 1266-1270 US Route 5, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-8151. Run through the list with them: bills, a money order, a cashier's or bank check, a debit or credit card.

Bail changes hands in person, across the counter at court or at the facility desk. The Judiciary's web payments cover Judicial Bureau fines like speeding tickets. Keep cash out of the mail, and insist on a receipt for each payment.

You can. Agents are licensed by the state's insurance regulators, and each one also needs the Court Administrator's approval (13 V.S.A. § 7554a). The deal works like this: you pay a slice of the bail up front, and in return the agent guarantees the full sum. That slice is the agent's to keep, whether the case is won or lost.

Questions worth asking before any signature:

• What percentage do you charge?
• Do you need collateral, like a vehicle title, and when does it come back? Vermont requires agents to keep collateral in a trust account.
• What happens to us if a court date gets missed?

The Judiciary publishes its own approved bail bond agents list to choose from.

Each bail payment frees the person from one docket and nothing more. Other reasons DOC might keep them:

• A separate case carrying different bail or terms.
• A warrant out of another court, or out of state.
• Trouble on probation or parole. Supervision for this area runs through St. Johnsbury Probation and Parole, 1016 US Route 5, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6602.
• A federal hold, or an ICE detainer.
• An order for home detention, which waits until DOC approves the home (13 V.S.A. § 7554b).

Get staff to list any holds on file before paying anything. For most local men, call the Northeast Correctional Complex, 1266-1270 US Route 5, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-8151.

Bail is a right for almost all defendants under the Vermont Constitution (Vt. Const. ch. II, § 40). Two narrow exceptions let a court deny it before trial:

• A charge that could carry a life sentence, where proof of guilt is strong (13 V.S.A. § 7553).
• A violent felony with strong evidence. On top of that, clear and convincing proof must show a danger that no conditions could contain (13 V.S.A. § 7553a).

Locally this happens often. A DOC count on July 17, 2025 found 44 of the 83 pretrial detainees at the Northeast Correctional Complex held with no bail. In such cases the trial has a 60-day clock. If the state blows that deadline without the defense causing it, the judge must quickly schedule a bail hearing (13 V.S.A. § 7553b).

A motion to deny bail is filed by the county State's Attorney, 211 Eastern Avenue, Suite 102, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6657.

Someone stuck inside because the terms cannot be met may request a fresh look. Two days, or 48 hours from the motion, is the deadline for that hearing. People free on conditions who want them changed wait up to five working days (13 V.S.A. § 7554). A ruling the family dislikes may be appealed to one Justice of the state's highest court (13 V.S.A. § 7556).

1. Have the defense attorney file a motion asking for the change.
2. Pull together paycheck records, a rental agreement, notes from family members and a realistic budget.
3. Offer terms aimed at the judge's concern, for instance a curfew or a treatment plan.
4. Past the seven-day mark in custody without bail money? Push for a home detention review.

The clerk can tell you the hearing date at 802-748-6600.

The Office of the Defender General supplies lawyers to people who cannot afford one. Here, that work is handled by a contract public defense office at 1129 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-424-1688.

• The public defender application is turned in at arraignment. Court staff screen it, and if they say no, the defendant can ask a judge to overrule them.
• A $50 assignment fee is due within 60 days. The court can waive it for someone with no means to pay.
• Households earning more owe a sliding share of the cost (13 V.S.A. § 5238). Minors owe nothing.

The statewide office is at 6 Baldwin Street, 4th Floor, Montpelier, VT 05633-3301, 802-828-3168.

• Caledonia Criminal Division of the Vermont Superior Court, 1126 Main St, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6600. Every adult misdemeanor and felony charged in the county is heard here, and bail is set here. Family, Civil and Probate matters use the same building and number. This court unit serves Essex County as well.
• Judicial Bureau, 55 Railroad Row, White River Junction, VT 05001, 802-652-1900. Traffic tickets and similar civil cases are decided there, away from the criminal docket.
• U.S. District Court, 11 Elmwood Avenue, Room 200, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-951-6301, or 151 West Street, Room 204, Rutland, VT 05701, 802-773-0245. Federal crimes are tried in these two buildings.

Money put down on a secured appearance bond is returned after the person has made all required appearances. The bond holds until a judge releases it or the case reaches sentencing (13 V.S.A. § 7551).

A skipped hearing flips that. A warrant may issue, and once the court holds a hearing and notifies whoever posted the money, the bail can be forfeited (13 V.S.A. § 7560a). Any surety gets two weeks to reply, plus a court order to deliver the defendant. Only a failure to appear costs the bail; other broken rules do not. Even after forfeiture, a surety may petition for a partial or full return when justice calls for it (13 V.S.A. § 7570).

• Not showing up without good reason is a crime of its own: up to two years and a $5,000 fine (13 V.S.A. § 7559).
• A broken release term is punished as criminal contempt, at up to six months plus a $1,000 fine.
• Officers can make an arrest with no warrant over a missed hearing or a broken travel or no-contact order.

Take the receipt and a photo ID when you ask the clerk at 802-748-6600 for a refund.

At release, DOC pays out the account balance by State of Vermont check. Personal items such as keys, a wallet or a cell phone are handled separately, and each facility runs pickup its own way, so ask early.

For a man held locally, call the Northeast Correctional Complex, 1266-1270 US Route 5, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-8151. Find out what time to come and whether the person must sign something first. Bring your photo ID. Deposits made while the person is held are explained on our inmate money page.

A federal arrest sends the case to Vermont's only federal trial court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, which sits at 11 Elmwood Avenue, Room 200, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-951-6301, and 151 West Street, Room 204, Rutland, VT 05701, 802-773-0245.

• A federal magistrate or judge decides release at a detention hearing, normally held when the defendant first appears (18 U.S.C. 3142).
• Before trial, federal defendants kept in custody fall to the U.S. Marshals Service. Find the Vermont district team at 11 Elmwood Avenue, Unit 601, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-951-6271.
• Federal pretrial prisoners commonly sit in one of three Vermont prisons: Marble Valley, Northwest State or Chittenden Regional. Some are boarded with jails in nearby states.
• For defendants who are broke, the Federal Public Defender takes the case: 95 Pine Street, Suite 150, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-862-6990.
• After sentencing, search the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator by name.

It can. A state bail receipt leaves any immigration detainer standing. The typical order of events:

1. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, called ICE, may want the person too. Its tool is Form I-247A. That paper goes to the Route 5 complex or to South Burlington and asks for extra custody.
2. The hold it seeks lasts up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. ICE officers then pick the person up. DOC stays have been short; the median in 2025 was six days.
4. ICE runs Vermont out of its Boston Field Office, 1000 District Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803, 781-359-7500. ICE also staffs a Vermont reporting office at 64 Gricebrook Road, St. Albans, VT 05478, 802-527-3801.
5. Look the person up on the ICE Online Detainee Locator, entering a name with a country of birth.

Vermont adds its own guardrail. All police agencies must adopt the model fair and impartial policing policy. No department may offer immigration officers more help than that model allows (20 V.S.A. § 2366).

Once sentenced to prison, the person comes under the authority of the Commissioner of Corrections. That official, rather than the judge, picks the prison (28 V.S.A. § 701). So a sentenced man may serve his time at any DOC prison in Vermont. A few sentenced men are moved to the contract prison in Mississippi.

• Follow any move on the DOC Offender Locator.
• Our Vermont state prisons page profiles each site.
• DOC Central Office, 280 State Drive, NOB 2 South, Waterbury, VT 05671-2000, 802-241-2442, helps families locate someone.

Youth cases, starting at age 12, belong to the Family Division instead of adult criminal court. The bulk of 18-year-olds go there too, apart from a short list of the worst crimes. On July 1, 2027, the Family Division takes in 19-year-olds too.

• For teens of 14 through 16 charged with crimes on a special list, the law demands a hearing and release inside 24 hours from arrest (13 V.S.A. § 7554).
• The state's single secure unit for young people is the Red Clover Treatment Center. Four beds opened in October 2024, and the address is kept confidential.
• Family Division cases are heard at 1126 Main St, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6600. A parent can call for the hearing date.

Vermont sorts crimes by the longest possible sentence. If a conviction could mean over two years behind bars, or a life term, the charge is a felony. All lesser crimes are misdemeanors (13 V.S.A. § 1). Locally, the two travel to one destination, the Caledonia Criminal Division, 1126 Main St, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6600.

• Criminal Division: adult misdemeanors and felonies, some serious fish and game or traffic crimes, civil license suspensions and appeals of Judicial Bureau rulings. Its judges also approve arrest and search warrants.
• Family Division: delinquency petitions against minors, heard under that same roof.
• Judicial Bureau: civil tickets, which are not crimes. It is at 55 Railroad Row, White River Junction, VT 05001, 802-652-1900.

Criminal cases are heard at 1126 Main St, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819. Call 802-748-6600 or write to CaledoniaEssexUnit@vtcourts.gov. The clerk's office keeps these hours:

• Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Closed on court holidays.
• Second Tuesday of the month: no service before noon, because of in-house training.

Civil, Probate and Family matters share both the building and the phone number. Essex County cases are handled by this same court unit. Carry photo ID and the docket number when you visit. Upcoming hearings appear on the Judiciary's court calendars.

No. Towns in Vermont do not hold criminal court. An arrest in any town here, from Barnet to Walden, leads to the Criminal Division at 1126 Main St, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6600.

Civil tickets follow a different road. Speeding, fishing and hunting tickets and breaches of a town ordinance count as civil violations, decided by the statewide Judicial Bureau. Its office is at 55 Railroad Row, White River Junction, VT 05001, 802-652-1900, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Payments by mail go to Vermont Judicial Bureau, PO Box 607, White River Junction, VT 05001.

Anyone lodged overnight normally sees a judge the next business day. Some appear by video from the DOC facility, while sheriff's deputies drive others to the courtroom. Someone handed a citation simply comes in on the date it lists.

During the arraignment, the judge:

• decides if probable cause exists, which is a sound basis for believing a crime occurred. A charge without it gets thrown out.
• reads the charges out loud.
• explains the defendant's rights.
• collects the request for a free lawyer, if the defendant wants one.
• sets release terms or bail.

Defendants may take a full day, 24 hours, before giving their plea of guilty, no contest or not guilty. A form exists for asking to enter a plea without a hearing, the Waiver of Arraignment and Request to Enter Plea. A lawyer can tell you whether it fits.

The prosecutor starts the case with a sworn paper called an information. The officer's written report is attached. After a not guilty plea, misdemeanors return for a calendar call roughly six weeks out, and jury selection comes next. A dozen jurors decide, and nobody is convicted unless all twelve agree, with no reasonable doubt left.

No misdemeanor carries more than two years behind bars. A first case may never reach trial. It can be sent to diversion, a program that keeps a record clean if it is finished. Judges can also put off sentencing on probation terms; a defendant who keeps every term sees the guilty finding wiped away (13 V.S.A. § 7041).

1. Charge. The State's Attorney files an information backed by a police affidavit. No grand jury is needed.
2. Arraignment. The judge reads the felony charge, sets terms and takes a plea.
3. Scheduling. Each felony gets its own calendar, set by the court.
4. Depositions. Felony cases allow sworn questioning of witnesses ahead of the trial date.
5. Trial. Twelve jurors, all in agreement, must find the charge proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
6. Sentencing. First, the court may ask for a presentence investigation into the defendant's background. Probation, fines and prison are all possible.

The stakes, and the speed, both rise. A judge may deny bail for a crime that can bring life in prison when the evidence is strong (13 V.S.A. § 7553). The same holds for a violent felony if the judge is shown, by clear and convincing proof, a risk of violence that release terms cannot contain (13 V.S.A. § 7553a).

• A no-bail order sets a 60-day clock to start trial. If it runs out and the hold-up came from the state's side, the court has to schedule a bail hearing (13 V.S.A. § 7553b).
• Three Vermont Supreme Court Justices sit as a panel to review the no-bail ruling inside seven business days (13 V.S.A. § 7556).
• Homicide, sexual assault and child abuse prosecutions can be taken on by the Attorney General's Criminal Division, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05609, 802-828-3171.
• Since 2026, rapid accountability dockets can speed up cases against people with many pending charges, where funding exists (Act 165 of 2026).

Anyone not released while the case is pending stays with Vermont's DOC. The county Sheriff's Department runs no jail; deputies move prisoners and keep the courtroom safe. Most men from here are held in town, and most women go to the state's single prison for women. DOC can move people when needed.

• Northeast Correctional Complex, 1266-1270 US Route 5, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-8151. Its pretrial beds serve men from four counties, this one plus Lamoille, Orange and Washington, at minimum through close custody. The complex also includes a work camp in its own building, which used to go by the name Caledonia Community Work Camp.
• Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility, 7 Farrell Street, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802-863-7356. Women from all 14 counties, both pretrial and sentenced, and the intake point for new admissions.
• Northern State Correctional Facility, 2559 Glen Road, Newport, VT 05855, 802-334-3364. The largest site, holding pretrial men from Orleans and Essex counties and sentenced men. It runs programs for violent offenders and keeps a bigger infirmary.
• Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility, 167 State Street, Rutland, VT 05701, 802-786-5830. Pretrial men from Addison, Bennington and Rutland counties, with a juvenile unit for rare cases.
• Northwest State Correctional Facility, 3649 Lower Newton Road, St. Albans, VT 05478, 802-524-6771. Men out of Grand Isle, Franklin and Chittenden, federal detainees, and sex offender treatment.
• Southern State Correctional Facility, 700 Charlestown Road, Springfield, VT 05156, 802-909-2601. Men from Windham and Windsor counties, plus acute mental health, medical and older residents. It runs an Honors Unit and a hospice.
• Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, 19351 US Highway 49 North, Tutwiler, MS 38963, run by CoreCivic for DOC. Only for some men after sentencing, never during a pending case. Ask DOC Central Office at 802-241-2442 about it.

Cases are brought by the county State's Attorney, 211 Eastern Avenue, Suite 102, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6657. That office decides the final charges and makes plea offers. It also has victim advocates on staff.

When a defendant cannot pay a lawyer, the Office of the Defender General steps in. Locally, a public defense office under contract takes those cases at 1129 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-424-1688.

• The public defender application goes in at the first hearing, and the clerk rules on eligibility.
• Expect a $50 fee within 60 days, which is dropped for anyone the court finds unable to pay. Above certain income levels, people cover a sliding portion of the expense (13 V.S.A. § 5238).
• Young people are never charged.

Head office for the Defender General: 6 Baldwin Street, 4th Floor, Montpelier, VT 05633-3301, 802-828-3168.

Yes, for many first cases. Court diversion here is run by a community restorative justice center for the Attorney General. It works from 576 Railroad Street, Suite 2, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-2977. It also serves Essex County.

• The usual referral is a nonviolent case: one of a person's first two misdemeanors, or a first felony. The State's Attorney may accept others and always has the last say.
• Joining is a choice. Fees are scaled to income and capped at $300 (3 V.S.A. § 164).
• Roughly two years after completion, the file is cleared, provided the person stays conviction-free and settles any restitution.

A deferred sentence is a second path. After a guilty finding, the judge sets terms of probation. Meeting them strikes the guilty finding, and once restitution is covered, the record goes away (13 V.S.A. § 7041).

• The Vermont Judiciary Public Portal opens a basic view of cases and hearings to anyone browsing from the U.S. or Canada.
• With the court hearings search, filter by dates, county and division, then enter a docket number or a party's name.
• The court calendars list what is coming up.
• Copies of court files can be asked for through the records request page.

Confidential cases show only as "Confidential Case." For anything you cannot find, the clerk at 802-748-6600 can help.

Criminal fines and the public defender fee are paid through the Judiciary, not at the jail. You have three ways:

• By phone with a card at 802-652-1900, Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Allow 3 to 5 business days for it to post.
• Online through Make Payments on the Public Portal, by citation number, name or license number. Paying by card adds a 2.39% fee.
• Through the mail, sending a check or money order made out for the fine to Vermont Judicial Bureau, PO Box 607, White River Junction, VT 05001. Leave cash out of the envelope.

Unpaid judgments that are past due are sent to a collection agency. Once that happens, the Criminal Division will no longer take payment on them.

Judges of the Criminal Division sign arrest warrants. Deputies of the county Sheriff's Department, town officers and state troopers carry them out. To ask about one, call the Sheriff's Department at 802-748-6666, or contact the court clerk at 1126 Main St, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6600. A lawyer can check for you too. Open cases also show up on the Public Portal. Resolving a warrant starts with a defense attorney. Through that attorney, set up a voluntary surrender, or call whichever court signed the warrant and request a new hearing date.

Federal crimes go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. It sits at 11 Elmwood Avenue, Room 200, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-951-6301, and at 151 West Street, Room 204, Rutland, VT 05701, 802-773-0245.

1. Soon after the federal arrest, a detention hearing comes up before a magistrate judge (18 U.S.C. 3142). It sorts out custody before trial.
2. While awaiting trial, federal defendants who are held are under the U.S. Marshals Service, 11 Elmwood Avenue, Unit 601, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-951-6271. They may be placed at a DOC site such as Northwest State, or at jails in nearby states.
3. The Federal Public Defender, 95 Pine Street, Suite 150, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-862-6990, represents people who cannot pay.
4. On the other side sits the U.S. Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 570, Burlington, VT 05402-0570, 802-951-6725.
5. Once a federal sentence begins, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator shows where the person is.

The state case moves forward, but an immigration hold can follow the person out the door. Step by step:

1. DOC gets a detainer from Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Form I-247A.
2. Under it, DOC is asked to hold the person for ICE up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. DOC has held people for ICE only briefly. In 2025, the middle stay was six days.
4. The ICE office for Vermont is the Boston Field Office, 1000 District Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803, 781-359-7500. A check-in office runs at 64 Gricebrook Road, St. Albans, VT 05478, 802-527-3801.
5. The ICE Online Detainee Locator finds people in ICE custody by name and country of birth.

Under 20 V.S.A. § 2366, every Vermont police agency must adopt each piece of the state's model policy for fair and impartial policing. An agency can be stricter about helping immigration officers, but never looser.

At sentencing, the judge sends the person into the Commissioner of Corrections' custody, and that office picks the prison (28 V.S.A. § 701). No judge chooses a particular building. A share of sentenced men are shipped out of state to Mississippi under a DOC contract.

• Use the DOC Offender Locator to see where a sentenced person is.
• Our Vermont state prisons page has a profile for every DOC prison.
• After release, local supervision runs through St. Johnsbury Probation and Parole, 1016 US Route 5, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6602.

Kids charged at age 12 or older have their cases heard by the Family Division, down the hall at 1126 Main St, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-748-6600.

• Most 18-year-olds are also handled there, unless the charge is among the very worst crimes.
• From July 1, 2027, 19-year-olds move into the Family Division as well.
• When the charge is a listed crime, a youth aged 14 to 16 must be brought before the court and let go within one day of the arrest (13 V.S.A. § 7554).
• For a locked placement, Vermont has just one site, the Red Clover Treatment Center. It opened in October 2024 with four beds, and its address is private. Ask the Family Division clerk where a child is held.

Victims of listed crimes have a voice at every step. They can:

• hear about the arraignment ahead of time and sit in on it. The prosecutor passes the victim's view on bail to the judge (13 V.S.A. § 5308).
• request a warning before the defendant walks out of custody, bail release included (13 V.S.A. § 5305).
• speak at sentencing.

The prosecutor's office keeps advocates for victims; reach them at 802-748-6657. The Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services, 58 South Main Street, Suite 3, Waterbury, VT 05676, 802-241-1250, runs victim compensation. For free alerts on custody changes, sign up with VINELink or call 866-976-8267. Child victims can get help at the Caledonia Children's Advocacy Center, PO Box 272, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-424-1227.