Delaware Department of Correction explained

Agencyname:	Delaware Department of Correction
Patch:	DE - DOC.png
Country:	United States
Countryabbr:	USA
Divtype:	State
Divname:	Delaware
Map:	Delaware in United States (US48).svg
Police:	Yes
Local:	Yes
Headquarters:	Dover, Delaware
Chief1name:	Claire DeMatteis
Chief1position:	Commissioner
Website:	http://www.doc.delaware.gov/index.shtml

The Delaware Department of Correction is a state agency of Delaware that manages state prisons. It has its headquarters in the Central Administration Building in Dover.^[1] At one time the headquarters was located in Smyrna.^[2]

Prisons

• Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution https://web.archive.org/web/20130123045753/http://doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonBWCI.shtml (inmate capacity 320)
• Howard R. Young Correctional Institution (capacity 1,500)
• James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (formerly Delaware Correctional Center) (capacity 2,600)
• Sussex Correctional Institution (capacity 1,206)

Community Corrections

• Central Violation of Probation Center
• Hazel D. Plant Women's Treatment Facility
• John L. Webb Correctional Facility
• Morris Community Corrections Center
• Plummer Community Corrections Center
• Probation and Parole / Day Reporting Centers
• Sussex Community Corrections Center
• Sussex Violation of Probation
• Sussex Work Release Center

Operations

60% of all admissions into the Delaware correctional system go to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, and that facility houses the majority of Delaware's detainee population.^[3]

The male death row is in the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC), while the female death row is in Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution.^[4] Executions occur at JTVCC, as it houses the execution chamber.^[5]

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies in Delaware
• List of United States state correction agencies
• List of U.S. state prisons
• Prison

References

1. "Administrative Facilities ." Delaware Department of Correction. Retrieved on December 7, 2009. "Central Administration Building 245 McKee Road Dover DE 19904"
2. Beck, Allen. State and Federal Corrections Information Systems: An Inventory of Data Elements and an Assessment of Reporting Capabilities. DIANE Publishing, 1999. 137. Retrieved from Google Books on September 28, 2011., . "Delaware" "Department of Corrections Central Admin. Building 80 Monrovia Ave. Smyrna, DE 19977"
3. "Howard R. Young Correctional Institution ." Delaware Department of Correction. Retrieved on August 30, 2010.
4. "Death Row Fact Sheet ." Delaware Department of Correction. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
5. "JAMES T VAUGHN CORRECTIONAL CENTER (formerly DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER)." Delaware Department of Correction. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.

External links

• Delaware Department of Correction
• Delaware Department of Correction Featured Careers