Department of Correction
The Department is the second largest Executive branch agency in the State, and the largest law enforcement agency in the State with over 2,500 employees. The Department is comprised of the Office of the Commissioner, Bureau of Administrative Services, Bureau of Correctional Healthcare Services, Bureau of Prisons and Bureau of Community Corrections.
Delaware provides a unified correctional system, with all correctional facilities and institutions falling under the jurisdiction of the State. The Department supervises between 6,500 – 7,000 inmates within our correctional facilities and approximately 17,000 probationers within the community.
Within the unified system, Delaware maintains a five-level system of supervision for offenders:
- Level V - 24 hour incarceration (jail/prison)
* - Level IV - Work Release Centers, Home Confinement (electronic monitoring), Residential Drug Treatment, Violation of Probation Centers
- Level III - Intensive Probation Supervision
- Level II - Standard Probation
- Level I - Administrative Supervision
Daily Population Summary
No. of inmates*
No. of offenders on probation*
No. of offenders on pre-trial detention*
No. of offenders on pre-trial detention within the community*
No. of inmates released*
*Numbers reflect 24hrs delay
News
Dover, DE - Joined by Deputy Commissioner Alan Grinstead, Adjutant General Michael Berry, friends and family, 21 men and women graduated from the 232nd Correctional Employee Initial Training (CEIT) Academy of the Delaware Department of Correction today and have been assigned to facilities throughout the state.
Dover, DE - Joined by Bureau Chief Jim Elder, friends and family, 16 men and women graduated from the 20th Basic Officer Training Course (BOTC) with the Delaware Department of Correction today.
After 31 years of dedicated service to the State of Delaware, Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Perry Phelps announced he will retire effective July 15, 2019.
