The Delaware Department of Correction is a state agency of

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that manages state prisons. It has its headquarters in the Central Administration Building in

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. At one time the headquarters was located in

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Prisons

Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution Dolores is a feminine given name of Spanish origin. History The Spanish word is the plural form of ''dolor'', meaning either sorrow or pain, which derives from the Latin , which has the same meaning and which may ultimately stem from Proto-Indo ...

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(inmate capacity 320) *

Howard R. Young Correctional Institution The Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, colloquially known as Gander Hill Prison, is a state prison for male inmates in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, owned and operated by the Delaware Department of Correction The Delaware Dep ...

(capacity 1,500) *

James T. Vaughn Correctional Center The James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC), formerly the Delaware Correctional Center (DCC), is a state prison for men in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, USA, near Smyrna. It is the Delaware Department of Correction's largest c ...

(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

, and that facility houses the majority of Delaware's detainee population. The male

death row Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting Capital punishment, execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of ...

is in the

(JTVCC), while the female death row is in

.Death Row Fact Sheet
." Delaware Department of Correction. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. Executions occur at JTVCC, as it houses the

execution chamber An execution chamber, or death chamber, is a room or chamber in which capital punishment 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 ro ...

.JAMES T VAUGHN CORRECTIONAL CENTER (formerly DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER)
" Delaware Department of Correction. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.

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Prisons

Community Corrections

Operations

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