James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
State prison for men in New Castle County, Delaware, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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] near Smyrna.[2][3] It is the Delaware Department of Correction's largest correctional facility.[citation needed]
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Location | Smyrna, Delaware |
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Status | Open |
Security class | maximum, medium, and minimum |
Capacity | 2600 |
Opened | 1971 |
Managed by | Delaware Department of Correction |
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]