Dr. Jay Lawrie retired from the Connecticut Department of Correction in 2013, spending his entire 20-year career at the MacDougall/Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, Connecticut. In 2014, Jay joined the faculty at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Ct., where he currently serves as an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, and MSCJ Program Director. Prior to assuming this position, he was a criminal justice adjunct faculty member for 15 years at various Massachusetts colleges. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science in 1989 and master’s degree in criminal justice in 2000 from Westfield State University, as well as his doctorate in education from American International College in 2014.
Jay is also the co-founder of The Corrections Community Network an online social network exclusively for those working in the fields of corrections, parole, and probation.
