Posts Tagged ‘DOC’
Four Charged Following Prison Contraband Investigations at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
Four people have been arrested following two separate drug investigations that were initiated by the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. The four are charged with drug-related offenses as the DOC acts to disrupt the flow of contraband into Delaware prison facilities. On Monday, November 11 DOC officials observed, during a scheduled visit, 36 year old…
Read MoreUPDATE: Walk Away Faces Additional Charges After Crashing Vehicle; Woman, Two Children Seriously Injured
UPDATED: SCCC Offender Who Failed to Return Arrested in New Jersey
UPDATED – 08/19/24 – Corrections officials have arrested a Harrington man who failed to return to the Sussex Community Corrections Center in Georgetown on June 2. DOC officials say 43 year old David Sharp was arrested by Galloway Township Police in New Jersey on Saturday, August 17. Extradition to Delaware is pending. =========================================== ORIGINAL STORY…
Read MoreDOC Inmate from Lincoln Dies at Vaughn Correctional Center
The Delaware Department of Correction says that an inmate at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center died on Wednesday. Officials say that 78 year old Larry Brandner from Lincoln, had recently been placed in hospice care and was being treated in the prison infirmary for multiple chronic medical conditions. He was found unresponsive Wednesday morning…
Read MoreDelaware Agencies Join Forces Against Illegal Trash Dumping
Delaware agencies recently teamed up to clean up more than 2,300 pounds of trash and debris illegally dumped and strewn at Taber State Forest in western Kent County. Those agencies included Delaware Natural Resources Police (DNRP), Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and Department of Corrections (DOC). The cleanup came about after the DNRP…
Read MoreDOC Expanding Enhanced Mail Screening
The Delaware Department of Correction is expanding its enhanced mail screening system to all state prison facilities in April. This will improve mail security and eliminate mail contraband. The system features off-site electronic mail screening and color reproduction that allows prison facilities to receive incoming mail addressed to incarcerated individuals without the risk of contraband…
Read MoreUPDATED: DOC has Arrested Offender Who Failed to Return From Approved Pass
Shane Troxler Appointed Deputy Commissioner of DOC
Some changes in the Department of Corrections in Delaware. Bureau of Prisons Chief Shane Troxler has been appointed a Deputy Commissioner of the DOC by Acting Commissioner Terra Taylor. Taylor was recently elevated to Commissioner on a permanent basis upon her confirmation by the State Senate on January 24th – she will be sworn-in as…
Read MoreSCCC Offender Back in Custody after Walking Away from DOC Road Crew near Laurel Sunday
A work release offender from the Sussex Community Corrections Center in Georgetown was seen walking away from a supervised DOC road crew on Sunday morning on Route 13 near Laurel. Corrections officers along with Delaware State Police and Laurel Police searched for a short time and arrested 25 year old Kyle Batson of the Dover…
Read MoreDOC 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…
Read MoreUPDATED: DOC Arrest SCCC Walk Away in Wilmington
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…
Read MoreBrennan 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…
Read MoreSCCC Offender Arrested after Failure to Return
DE Probation & Parole Steps Up to Support Halloween Safety
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…
Read MoreOffender 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…
Read MoreDel. 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…
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 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…
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 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.
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 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…
Read MoreOffender Absconds from Sussex Community Corrections Center
The Delaware Department of Correction is looking for an offender who failed to return to the Sussex Community Corrections Center in Georgetown after being allowed to leave on an approved work pass. The DOC Friday issued a Warrant for Escape after Conviction for 29-year-old Dustin Jones, whose last known address was in Greenwood. Jones was…
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. 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…
Read MoreMore Plaintiffs Allege Abuse At SCI
DOC to Restart Inmate Visitation Feb 14
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…
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 by leadership at SCI. The lawsuit filed by William Davis and Isaac Montague alleges that several SCI officers attack Montague, ‘completely unprovoked’ in September of this year. The…
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