James T. Vaughn Correctional Center

James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
Map
LocationSmyrna, Delaware
StatusOpen
Security classmaximum, medium, and minimum
Capacity2600
Opened1971
Managed byDelaware 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,[1] with a Smyrna post office address.[2][3] It is the Delaware Department of Correction's largest correctional facility.[citation needed]

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.

Before the abolition of capital punishment in Delaware, the state's death row for men was located here. The death row for women was located in the Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution.[4] Executions occurred at JTVCC.[5]

The facility is named for former Delaware State Senator James T. Vaughn, who died in 2007.[6] In 2008 Governor of Delaware Ruth Minner signed a bill confirming the rename.[7]

  1. ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: New Castle County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 36, 40 (PDF p. 37, 41/45). Retrieved August 14, 2022. James T Vaughn Correctional Ctr
  2. ^ "James T. Vaughn Correctional Center Archived January 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine." Delaware Department of Corrections. Retrieved on May 29, 2010. "1181 Paddock Road Smyrna, DE 19977"
  3. ^ "James T. Vaughn Correctional Center" (Map). Delaware Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 16, 2012.
  4. ^ "Death Row Fact Sheet Archived August 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." Delaware Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
  5. ^ "JAMES T VAUGHN CORRECTIONAL CENTER (formerly DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER)" (Archive). Delaware Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
  6. ^ Smyrna Clayton Sun Times "Naming of the facility"." Retrieved on July 18, 2017.
  7. ^ "Minner signs bill naming prison after Vaughn". The News Journal. June 4, 2008. p. B-2 – via Newspapers.com.