Welcome to the Vermont Correctional Academy home page. The Academy was established in the Fall of 1993 with the first class graduating on October 1st of that year. Our current program is 8 weeks long. Week 1 is observing the duties of a correctional officer in the trainee’s local facility. The next five weeks is instruction at the Vermont Correctional Academy. After graduation the new correctional officers participates in eighty hours of training supervised by staff at a facility.

 Our Mission

The Vermont Correctional Academy is vital to the Department’s statutory mandate to establish training programs for new employees and to establish such in-service training programs as deemed advisable. 

As an Academy we are responsible for developing training curriculum that will produce highly trained, professional, and competent staff throughout the department. To maintain a standard of excellence the Academy is dedicated to the development of curriculum and department furnished instructors.  Academy curriculum is regularly reviewed, updated and revised to meet the needs of today’s corrections professional.

The Academy will prepare new staff for success in the corrections profession; enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of experienced staff and maintain a high standard of professionalism. 

Photos of some of our Training Events

The Academy Update

Come and Check out our New Academy Blog and see what kind of changes are starting to take place. 

Current Graduated Class 

The 103rd Vermont Correctional Academy with Secretary of the Agency of Human Services Robert Hofmann and Commissioner of the Department of Corrections Andrew Pallito

Calendar of Upcoming Academy and Corrections trainings.

Current Academy curriculum  for the Vermont Correctional Academy. 

Vermont Correctional Academy Rules and Regulations .

Vermont Correctional Academy Staff Bios.

The Vermont Correctional Academy and the College of St. Joseph have just signed an Articulation agreement for the transfer of  up to 16 credits toward a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Degree.

View a copy of the Articulation Agreement here.

Vermont Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Reiber, Secretary of Human Services Cynthia LaWare, Department of Corrections Commissioner Robert Hofmann, CSJ President Frank Miglorie, VT Correctional Academy Administrator Barry Mulcahy and CSJ Criminal Justice Division Chair, Dr. Luis Garcia congratulate two of the top performing graduates (Jonathan Paquette and Michael Allen) from the 21-member April 11, 2008 class of the Vermont Correctional Academy during ceremonies at the College of St. Joseph.

Directions

Directions to the New Site of the Vermont Correctional Academy can be found at this link or by clicking on the map below.

For more information about the Vermont Correctional Academy contact the Academy Administrator,

Barry Mulcahy 802-241-3399 (Barry.Mulcahy@ahs.state.vt.us)

William Cathcart 802-241-3397 William.Cathcart@ahs.state.vt.us

For help with the contents of this web page you can contact.

Ross T. Farnsworth  (Ross.Farnsworth@ahs.state.vt.us)

HRD Training Coordinator, Vermont Correctional Academy

802-241-3398