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Department of Correction Announces Senior Leadership Promotion

Department of Correction | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Dover, DE – Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) Acting Commissioner Terra Taylor today announced that James T. Vaughn Correctional Center Warden Robert May has been promoted to Chief of the Bureau of Prisons.  May, a 31-year veteran of the DOC and the Department’s most experienced Warden, began his career as a Correctional Officer at Howard […]




Get a look inside Delaware’s correctional system through the DOC Citizens Academy

Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, February 9, 2024

Six weekly evening sessions start April 15th; application deadline March 25th Dover, DE – The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) is seeking members of the community to participate in its Spring 2024 Citizens Academy which begins April 15 in Dover.  The DOC Citizens Academy is a free program that is designed to give local residents a close-up […]




Probation and Parole’s Operation ZiPP Up collects 1,400 winter clothes items to warm local residents in need

Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, February 2, 2024

Dover, DE – Delaware Probation and Parole’s 16th Annual Operation ZiPP Up clothing campaign collected a record number of cold weather items for vulnerable area residents this winter.  An all-volunteer program initiated by Probation & Parole Officers and staff, Operation ZiPP Up solicits coats, blankets, gloves, hats, socks and other items for distribution to community organizations […]




Tip To Delaware Crime Stoppers Nets Apprehension Of Work Release Absconder Who Fled To North Carolina

Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, June 9, 2023

Dover, DE – The Delaware Department of Correction today announced that a work release absconder from the Plummer Community Corrections Center in Wilmington has been apprehended in North Carolina thanks to a tip received by Delaware Crime Stoppers. On May 8, 2023, Kendal Seth failed to return from an approved work pass to the Plummer […]




Sean Milligan named Security Superintendent at Sussex Correctional Institution

Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Georgetown, DE – The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) today announced that Staff Lieutenant Sean Milligan has been promoted to the rank of Major at Sussex Correctional Institution (SCI).  In his new position Major Milligan serves as the SCI Security Superintendent and a member of the Warden’s senior leadership team, with day-to-day responsibilities for maintaining […]






  Archives:

Department of Correction Announces Senior Leadership Promotion

Department of Correction | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Dover, DE – Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) Acting Commissioner Terra Taylor today announced that James T. Vaughn Correctional Center Warden Robert May has been promoted to Chief of the Bureau of Prisons.  May, a 31-year veteran of the DOC and the Department’s most experienced Warden, began his career as a Correctional Officer at Howard […]




Get a look inside Delaware’s correctional system through the DOC Citizens Academy

Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, February 9, 2024

Six weekly evening sessions start April 15th; application deadline March 25th Dover, DE – The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) is seeking members of the community to participate in its Spring 2024 Citizens Academy which begins April 15 in Dover.  The DOC Citizens Academy is a free program that is designed to give local residents a close-up […]




Probation and Parole’s Operation ZiPP Up collects 1,400 winter clothes items to warm local residents in need

Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, February 2, 2024

Dover, DE – Delaware Probation and Parole’s 16th Annual Operation ZiPP Up clothing campaign collected a record number of cold weather items for vulnerable area residents this winter.  An all-volunteer program initiated by Probation & Parole Officers and staff, Operation ZiPP Up solicits coats, blankets, gloves, hats, socks and other items for distribution to community organizations […]




Tip To Delaware Crime Stoppers Nets Apprehension Of Work Release Absconder Who Fled To North Carolina

Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, June 9, 2023

Dover, DE – The Delaware Department of Correction today announced that a work release absconder from the Plummer Community Corrections Center in Wilmington has been apprehended in North Carolina thanks to a tip received by Delaware Crime Stoppers. On May 8, 2023, Kendal Seth failed to return from an approved work pass to the Plummer […]




Sean Milligan named Security Superintendent at Sussex Correctional Institution

Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Georgetown, DE – The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) today announced that Staff Lieutenant Sean Milligan has been promoted to the rank of Major at Sussex Correctional Institution (SCI).  In his new position Major Milligan serves as the SCI Security Superintendent and a member of the Warden’s senior leadership team, with day-to-day responsibilities for maintaining […]