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  Category: Department of Correction


Inmate Death – Darius Johnson

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Monday, March 16, 2015

Darius Johnson, age 58, an inmate at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, died in the prison infirmary yesterday evening, March 15, 2015, of natural causes following a lengthy illness. Johnson, of Wilmington, DE, was serving a life sentence for robbery and assault.




Christopher Klein named Prisons Chief

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015

Commissioner Robert Coupe today announced the appointment of Christopher Klein as Chief of the Bureau of Prisons for the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC). The Chief directs DOC’s largest Bureau, which is responsible for supervising nearly 6,000 adults serving a sentence or awaiting adjudication at Delaware’s four prison facilities.




Offender fails to return to work release center

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015

Georgetown – The Delaware Department of Correction announces that an offender failed to return yesterday evening from an authorized work pass issued by the Sussex Community Corrections Center in Georgetown. Attempts to make contact with her have been unsuccessful and an escape warrant for her arrest has been issued. Community Corrections Centers are Level 4 […]




Inmate Death – Alberto Miranda

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Alberto Miranda, age 56, an inmate at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, died in the prison infirmary yesterday morning, March 10, 2015, of natural causes following a lengthy illness.




Twenty-one State Employees and their Family Members Awarded Art Honors

Delaware Division of the Arts | Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Correction | Department of Education | Department of Labor | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The Awards Show and Closing Reception will be held at Delaware State University’s Arts Center/Gallery on March 14, 2015, 1-3 p.m. Secretary of State Jeffrey W. Bullock and Division of the Arts Deputy Director Kristin Pleasanton will preside at the Awards Ceremony.







  Category: Department of Correction

Inmate Death – Darius Johnson

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Monday, March 16, 2015

Darius Johnson, age 58, an inmate at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, died in the prison infirmary yesterday evening, March 15, 2015, of natural causes following a lengthy illness. Johnson, of Wilmington, DE, was serving a life sentence for robbery and assault.




Christopher Klein named Prisons Chief

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015

Commissioner Robert Coupe today announced the appointment of Christopher Klein as Chief of the Bureau of Prisons for the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC). The Chief directs DOC’s largest Bureau, which is responsible for supervising nearly 6,000 adults serving a sentence or awaiting adjudication at Delaware’s four prison facilities.




Offender fails to return to work release center

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015

Georgetown – The Delaware Department of Correction announces that an offender failed to return yesterday evening from an authorized work pass issued by the Sussex Community Corrections Center in Georgetown. Attempts to make contact with her have been unsuccessful and an escape warrant for her arrest has been issued. Community Corrections Centers are Level 4 […]




Inmate Death – Alberto Miranda

Department of Correction | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Alberto Miranda, age 56, an inmate at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, died in the prison infirmary yesterday morning, March 10, 2015, of natural causes following a lengthy illness.




Twenty-one State Employees and their Family Members Awarded Art Honors

Delaware Division of the Arts | Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Correction | Department of Education | Department of Labor | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The Awards Show and Closing Reception will be held at Delaware State University’s Arts Center/Gallery on March 14, 2015, 1-3 p.m. Secretary of State Jeffrey W. Bullock and Division of the Arts Deputy Director Kristin Pleasanton will preside at the Awards Ceremony.