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  Category: Department of Correction


Department of Correction notice – inmate death

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015

Ronnie Farrow, age 32, an inmate at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, died unexpectedly this morning, July 10. Farrow’s cellmate found him unresponsive in his bed at the facility. Department of Correction staff responded immediately and called 911. First responders performed CPR with negative results, and Farrow was declared deceased at 4:19 a.m.




Department of Correction Notification – Inmate Death: Ronald Scott

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Ronald Scott, age 66, an inmate at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, died in the prison infirmary yesterday afternoon, July 7, 2015, of natural causes following a lengthy illness. Scott, of Dover, DE, was serving a ten year sentence for failing to re-register as a sex offender.




Dover work release offender sought by Department of Correction

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2015

A work release offender assigned to the Morris Community Corrections Center in Dover has failed to return to the facility as required. Offender Jason McKenna left the facility yesterday, July 6 on an authorized work pass. After McKenna failed to return later that evening as required efforts to locate him were immediately undertaken and an escape warrant for his arrest was issued.




Department of Correction searching for Wilmington work release offender

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Monday, July 6, 2015

The Department of Correction is currently searching for Abdullah Abdurraqeeb (aka Kevon Harris-Dickerson) , a work release offender assigned to the Plummer Community Corrections Center in Wilmington who has left the facility without authorization.




23 graduate from state Probation and Parole training academy

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015

At a ceremony today at the Department of Correction’s Employee Development Center, 23 recruits graduated from the Basic Officer Training Course (BOTC) which prepares Probation and Parole Officers to supervise offenders serving sentences of probation.







  Category: Department of Correction

Department of Correction notice – inmate death

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015

Ronnie Farrow, age 32, an inmate at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, died unexpectedly this morning, July 10. Farrow’s cellmate found him unresponsive in his bed at the facility. Department of Correction staff responded immediately and called 911. First responders performed CPR with negative results, and Farrow was declared deceased at 4:19 a.m.




Department of Correction Notification – Inmate Death: Ronald Scott

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Ronald Scott, age 66, an inmate at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, died in the prison infirmary yesterday afternoon, July 7, 2015, of natural causes following a lengthy illness. Scott, of Dover, DE, was serving a ten year sentence for failing to re-register as a sex offender.




Dover work release offender sought by Department of Correction

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2015

A work release offender assigned to the Morris Community Corrections Center in Dover has failed to return to the facility as required. Offender Jason McKenna left the facility yesterday, July 6 on an authorized work pass. After McKenna failed to return later that evening as required efforts to locate him were immediately undertaken and an escape warrant for his arrest was issued.




Department of Correction searching for Wilmington work release offender

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Monday, July 6, 2015

The Department of Correction is currently searching for Abdullah Abdurraqeeb (aka Kevon Harris-Dickerson) , a work release offender assigned to the Plummer Community Corrections Center in Wilmington who has left the facility without authorization.




23 graduate from state Probation and Parole training academy

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015

At a ceremony today at the Department of Correction’s Employee Development Center, 23 recruits graduated from the Basic Officer Training Course (BOTC) which prepares Probation and Parole Officers to supervise offenders serving sentences of probation.