Jessica Neal, Intern
Wilmington University
Protect
the public by supervising
adult offenders through safe and
humane services, programs and
facilities.
 Protecting
the public through incarcerating
offenders
 Protecting the public through rehabilitation
of the offender to prevent future crimes
 Provide a safe and humane environment for
incarcerated offenders
 Provide a safe working environment for staff
 Provide a range of correctional programs that
will meet the needs of both society and
offenders while implementing court-ordered
sanctions in the least restrictive environment
consistent with public safety.
 Largest
law enforcement agency within the
State of Delaware, employing over 2,500
employees.
 James
T. Vaughn Correctional Center
 Sussex Correctional Institute
 Baylor Women’s Correctional Institute
 Howard R. Young Correctional Institute
 The
State of Delaware in the year 2013
provided correctional services to
approximately 17,000 probationers within
the community and approximately 6,5007,000 inmates within the correctional
facilities.
 Level
5: 24 hour prison detention
 Level 4: Work Release Centers. Home
Confinement, Residential Drug Treatment,
Violation of Probation Centers
 Level 3: Intensive Probation Supervision
 Level 2: Standard Probation
 Level1: Administrative Probation
Governor
 Commissioner, Robert M. Coupe
 Deputy Commissioner Karl Hines

 Office
of the Commissioner
 Community Relations, Internal Affairs, Media
Relations
 Human Resources/Development Center
 Other Programs Services/Victims Services
 Bureau
Management Services
 General Business Office
 Central Offender Records
 Information Technology
 Food Services
 Facilities Maintenance
 Bureau
of Correctional Healthcare Services
 Medical treatment and services
 Bureau
of Prisons
 James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
 Baylor Correctional Institute
 Sussex Correctional Institute
Howard R. Young Correctional Institute
 Delaware Corrections Industries
 Education
 Bureau
of Community Corrections
 Probation and Parole House Arrest
 New Castle County Community Corrections
 Sussex County Community Corrections
 Kent County Community Corrections
 The
Delaware Department of Corrections is
the only government operated correctional
agency in the state. Delaware runs a unified
corrections system. Delaware has no
regional, county or municipal correction or
jail system and no separate probation
system. Offenders are the immediate
responsibility of the state of Delaware.
July 10, 1975 Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt
signed into law Senate Bill 487 which created the
Delaware Department of Corrections.

2012 Budget
 $260 Million Dollars
 Personnel Cost $ 172 Million Dollars
 Inmate Medical $46 Million Dollars
 Food Services $ 14 Million Dollars
 Energy $ 8 Million Dollars
 Transportation $ 6 Million Dollars
 Other $10 Million Dollars

 In
prison Therapeutic Communities
 Key South opened November 1997
 Houses over 300 male inmates
 Treatment
Style: Treats addiction as a
disorder of the whole person
 Primary
Goals:
 Change negative patterns or behaviors
 Change negative thinking
 Change negative feelings the predispose one
to drugs and alcohol
 12
to 18 month program
 Programming is scheduled 7 days a week for
12 hours per day.
 Inmates
are provided disciplined, regimented
routines
 Inappropriate behaviors have consequences
 Inmates are expected to present Peer
Seminars
 No access to phones or televisions during
programming hours, free time is monitored
for behaviors.
 Program
creates a safe place for inmates to
explore core issues of addiction.
 Program creates healthy boundaries for
inmates.
 Program promotes self care
 Program promotes safety for the community
 Intake
Paperwork
 All new inmates in the program have a 1 hour
intake session where policies, rules,
regulations, and norms are explained.
 Lesson Planning, Curriculum
 Meetings to clarify duties and