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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 4,500 - 5,000 inmates within our correctional facilities and approximately 13,000 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 - Jail describes those offenders serving one year or less.) - 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*1
No. of offenders on probation*
No. of offenders on pre-trial detention* 1
No. of offenders on pre-trial detention within the community*
No. of inmates released*
*Numbers reflect 24hrs delay
1Numbers Include Level 5 and Level 4 Offenders
News
Dover, DE - Department of Correction Commissioner Claire DeMatteis today announced that nearly a dozen DOC correctional officers and probation officers are being recognized with annual Departmental awards for providing service above and beyond the call of duty during 2020.
Dover, DE - As the number of inmates with active COVID-19 infection remains in the single digits statewide, the DOC projected today that half of the prison inmate population will have access to a COVID-19 vaccination within the next week.
New Castle, DE - The Delaware Department of Correction announced today that Major Kimberly Hughey, Security Superintendent of Baylor Women's Correctional Institution (BWCI)
