List of Delaware state prisons
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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
. At one time the headquarters was located in Smyrna
.
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. Executions occur at JTVCC, as it houses the execution chamber
.
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
that manages state prisons. It has its headquarters in the Central Administration Building in Dover
Dover, Delaware
The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...
. At one time the headquarters was located in Smyrna
Smyrna, Delaware
Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area...
.
Facilities
- Central Violation of Probation Center
- James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (formerly Delaware Correctional Center)
- Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution http://doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonBWCI.shtml
- John L. Webb Correctional Facility
- Morris Community Correctional Center
- Howard R Young Correctional Institution
- Plummer Community Correctional Center
- Sussex Boot Camp
- Sussex Community Correctional Center
- Sussex Correctional Institution
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.The male death row
Death row
Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution , even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.After individuals are found...
is in the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC), while the female death row is in Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution. Executions occur at JTVCC, as it houses the execution chamber
Execution chamber
An execution chamber, or death chamber, is a room or chamber in which a legal execution is carried out. Execution chambers are almost always inside the walls of a maximum-security prison, although not always at the same prison where the death row population is housed...
.
See also
- List of law enforcement agencies in Delaware
- List of United States state correction agencies
- List of U.S. state prisons
- PrisonPrisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...