James T. Vaughn Correctional Center

James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
Location Smyrna, Delaware
Status open
Security class maximum, medium, and minimum
Capacity 2600
Opened 1971
Managed by Delaware Department of Correction

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.[1][2] It is the Delaware Department of Corrections's largest correctional facility for adult males.

JTVCC houses some 2,500 minimum, medium, and maximum security inmates. It is also the primary facility for housing the Kent County pre-trial (detainee) population.

The State's death row for males is in JTVCC, while the death row for females is in Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution.[3] Executions occur at JTVCC.[4]

The facility is named for former Delaware State Senator James T. Vaughn, Sr. (1925-2007).

In 1996, construction began on a $110 million, 888-bed addition including 600 new maximum security cells in six new units. The new addition houses the Security Housing Unit (SHU) and the Medium-High Housing Unit (MHU).

Prisoners in the SHU, which includes the prison's death row, occupy single-bunked cells in which they are locked for 23 hours a day. Inmates, other than those sentenced to the death penalty, may earn their way out of the SHU through good behavior.

Notable inmates

References

  1. ↑ "James T. Vaughn Correctional Center." Delaware Department of Corrections. Retrieved on May 29, 2010. "1181 Paddock Road Smyrna, DE 19977"
  2. ↑ "James T. Vaughn Correctional Center" (Map). Delaware Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Death Row Fact Sheet." Delaware Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
  4. ↑ "JAMES T VAUGHN CORRECTIONAL CENTER (formerly DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER)." Delaware Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.startribune.com/billy-glaze-convicted-in-minneapolis-serial-killings-in-the-1980s-has-died/363255341/
  6. ↑ "."

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Coordinates: 39°19′59″N 75°35′58″W / 39.333°N 75.5995°W / 39.333; -75.5995

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