DOC Signs Contracts for Correctional Healthcare Services

Delaware’s Department of Correction has signed three-year contracts with VitalCore Health Strategies. They will provide medical care, behavioral health care and substance use disorder treatment to those under DOC supervision. In response to a request for proposal, the DOC received 4 proposals and after a bid review the DOC awarded both contracts to VitalCore Health…

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UPDATED: DOC Arrest SCCC Walk Away in Wilmington

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UPDATED – 03/20/23 – On Saturday, March 18, Louis Bland was apprehended by the DOC Escapee Recovery Team in Wilmington. He was arraigned at JP Court 11 before being committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on an Escape after Conviction Warrant in lieu of $5,000 cash bail. ========================================= ORIGINAL STORY – 03/17/23 – Corrections…

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Brennan Named Deputy Warden at Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution

A promotion for the Security Superintendent at the Vaughn Correctional Facility. DOC officials have announced that John Brennan will fill the vacancy as deputy warden at the Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution – beginning on Monday. The office has been vacant since Baylor’s Deputy Warden was promoted to Warden at the women’s facility last December. Brennan…

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SCCC Offender Arrested after Failure to Return

An offender who failed to return to the Sussex Community Corrections Center in Georgetown after being extradited to Maryland on a State of Delaware Level IV agreement to return has been arrested. Corrections officials say 48 year old David Connors of the Milton area was extradited to Maryland on a driving charge with a Delaware…

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DE Probation & Parole Steps Up to Support Halloween Safety

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Probation Officers will be keeping a watchful eye on high risk probationers this Halloween as the DOC does its part to support safe and fun Halloween festivities. Special restrictions are placed on high risk sex offenders and sex offenders with child victims who are under Probation supervision. On Halloween night designated offenders are required to…

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Offender Arrested After Failure to Return from Pass

Correction officials have arrested an offender who failed to return to the Hazel D. Plant Women’s Treatment Facility from an approved pass to the DMV on August 24th. Members of the New Castle County Community Corrections Escapee Recovery Team arrested 36 year old Constance Ewing of Felton on Tuesday, September 13. She was being held…

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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 said Wednesday that the officers were struck in the head several times while performing their normal duties on the night of August 18that James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna. Other officers arrived and…

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DOC Visitation Restrictions to Change Sept 6

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The Delaware Department of Corrections is lifting a restriction that allows one adult visitor per inmate, which has been in place since late May as Covid-19 transmission was increasing. Beginning on Tuesday, September 6 one adult visitor and one child visitor under age 18 will be permitted per inmate. Surgical masks will be made available…

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Work-Release Walk Away Quickly Apprehended

An offender from the Sussex Community Corrections Center in Georgetown who walked away from an approved outside work assignment within the facilities programs area has been apprehended. According to the Delaware Department of Correction, 26 year old Ryan Gray of Georgetown was apprehended quickly by the Sussex Escapee Recovery Team. There is NO concern to…

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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 Thursday night by an inmate with an improvised weapon. Both officers were treated for injuries – and have been released from the hospital. The investigation is continuing – no further information has been released.

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SCI Abuse Complaint Amended to Include More Plaintiffs

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Additional allegations of abuse at Sussex Correctional Institution are contained in an amended complaint. A complaint was first filed in U.S. District Court last December on behalf of two people who were incarcerated and alleged violations of their constitutional rights. The list of plaintiffs grew to 21 in February, and now a second amended complaint…

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New 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. Mears had been warden at SCI since January 2020.Ceresini has been serving as Kent County Community Corrections Warden and is an 18-year DOC veteran. “Warden Ceresini is a…

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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 and Whiteford Taylor Preston LLC are amending the complaint that was originally filed by two offenders in December. According to the amended complaint, more than 30 officers have been perpetrators of abuse.It also alleges…

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DOC to Restart Inmate Visitation Feb 14

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The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) announced today that in-person inmate visitation will restart on Monday, February 14.  “Thanks to the success of our comprehensive COVID-19 screening, testing, and mitigation measures along with the significant reduction in community spread of the virus we are able to restart in-person inmate visitation on Monday, February 14,” said Department…

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DOC Expands Visitation to Include Children & Youth Under Age 18

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As COVID-19 vaccination expands to children and as aggressive COVID-19 mitigation measures continue across Delaware’s correctional system the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) announced today that effective immediately in-person inmate visitation at all DOC facilities has been expanded to include children and youth under the age of 18.  Visiting children must be accompanied by an…

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Missing Absconder Apprehended

A woman who failed to return to the Hazel D. Plant Women’s Treatment Facility in New Castle in September has been apprehended, according to the Delaware Department of Correction. 26-year-old Melissa Pote of Felton was serving for Violation of Probation – Driving Under The Influence. The DOC Friday said Pote was apprehended Wednesday by the…

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Selbyville Walk-Away Apprehended Friday

Corrections officials have arrested an offender who failed to return to the Hazel D. Plant Women’s Treatment Facility in New Castle last month. Officials say 24 year old Victoria Dunston of Selbyville was listed as a walk away on October 27 – she was being held for a violation of probation on a charge of…

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Monroe 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) during a ceremony in the Department’s Steven R. Floyd, Sr. Training Academy in Dover.  He was joined by Governor John Carney, former DOC Commissioners, state officials, family, friends, and colleagues.  Hudson succeeds Commissioner Claire DeMatteis who…

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Corrections Officials Looking for SCCC Walk Away

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Corrections officials are looking for an offender who failed to return from an approved work pass from the Sussex Community Correction Center in Georgetown on Friday. Officials have issued a warrant for escape after conviction for 22 year old Anthony Long of the Millsboro area. Long is black, about 5′ 8” and 173 pounds with…

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DOC reports Inmate COVID Vaccinations Over 50%; DOC Installs Systemwide Advanced COVID-fighting Air Purification Technology

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The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) announced today nearly 60 percent of male inmates at the state’s largest prison have received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and nearly two-thirds of female offenders are fully vaccinated.   Statewide, more than 50 percent of inmates have received at least the first dose of…

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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 – bringing the total at the prison to 45. They are from the same housing building as the cases identified last week – as well as three additional tiers in other housing units. A positive test…

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