Delaware Department of Correction
# Delaware Department of Correction

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.

## Prisons

* Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution (inmate capacity 320)
* Howard R. Young Correctional Institution (capacity 1,500)
* James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (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 Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, and that facility houses the majority of Delaware's detainee population.

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.

