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.