Posts Tagged ‘DOC’
Offender Arrested After Failure to Return from Pass
Del. Inmate Charged With Attacking 2 Correctional Officers
An inmate at Delaware’s largest prison has been charged with assaulting two correctional officers with an improvised weapon.
Delaware State Police…
Read MoreDOC Visitation Restrictions to Change Sept 6
The Delaware Department of Corrections is lifting a restriction that allows one adult visitor per inmate, which has been in…
Read MoreWork-Release Walk Away Quickly Apprehended
Two COs at the James T. Vaughn Correction Center Assaulted by Inmate
Two Correctional Officers at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna are recovering from injuries after they were assaulted…
Read MoreSCI Abuse Complaint Amended to Include More Plaintiffs
Additional allegations of abuse at Sussex Correctional Institution are contained in an amended complaint.
A complaint was first filed in…
Read MoreOffender Absconds from Sussex Community Corrections Center
The Delaware Department of Correction is…
Read MoreNew Warden Appointed For Sussex Correctional Institution
Sussex Correctional Institution will get a new Warden.
Scott Ceresini succeeds SCI Warden Truman Mears, who retired last month after 33 years with the Delaware Department of Correction.…
More Plaintiffs Allege Abuse At SCI
More plaintiffs are coming forward with allegations of abuse committed by correctional officers at Sussex Correctional Institution.
The ACLU of Delaware…
Read MoreDOC to Restart Inmate Visitation Feb 14
The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) announced today that in-person inmate visitation will restart on Monday, February…
Read MoreUpdate: Lawsuit Alleges Incidents Of Abuse, Lack Of Action At SCI
Two men have filed a federal lawsuit against Sussex Correctional Institution, alleging incidents of violent abuse by Department of Correction employees and a lack of action taken…
Read MoreDOC Expands Visitation to Include Children & Youth Under Age 18
As COVID-19 vaccination expands to children and as aggressive COVID-19 mitigation measures continue across Delaware’s correctional system the Delaware Department…
Read MoreMissing Absconder Apprehended
Selbyville Walk-Away Apprehended Friday
DE Probation Officers to Keep Eye on High Risk Probationers for Safe Trick or Treating
Probation Officers will hit the streets this weekend to support safe trick-or-treating and keep a watchful eye on high risk…
Read MoreMonroe Hudson Sworn in as DOC Commissioner
Monroe B. Hudson, Jr. took the oath of office Thursday as the 10th Commissioner of the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC)…
Read MoreCorrections Officials Looking for SCCC Walk Away
DOC reports Inmate COVID Vaccinations Over 50%; DOC Installs Systemwide Advanced COVID-fighting Air Purification Technology
Coronavirus Increasing at Vaughn & Baylor Prisons
Screening and testing at the Vaughn Correctional Facility in Smyrna has identified additional inmates who are positive for coronavirus –…
Read MoreUPDATED: DOC Arrest Sussex Absconder
UPDATED 9/21/20 – Corrections officials have apprehended an inmate who railed to return to the SCCC from an approved work pass on September 14. Officials say 20…
Read More1/3 of Inmates at SCI Test Positive for Coronavirus
Two weeks after proactive monitoring and testing identified a cluster of inmates with COVID-19 at the Sussex Correctional Institution (SCI),…
Read MoreDOC Graduates 237th & 238th CEIT Classes and 22nd BOTC Class
DOC Announces Inmate Death, 11 Inmate Recoveries & One New Inmate Test Result
The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) today announced that Jim Hunter, Jr., an 81 year-old inmate with serious underlying health conditions…
DOC Updates Coronavirus Recoveries, Cases, and Enhanced Services for Inmates
The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) today announced that inmate recoveries from COVID have reached 44 – an increase of 10 since…
Read MoreDOC highlights reduction in Delaware’s prison population amid coronavirus pandemic
The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) highlighted the significant reduction in Delaware’s incarcerated population since COVID-19 spread to Delaware and the mid-Atlantic region over the past two months.