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:
Dover, DE - The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) announced today that in-person visitation to all of its Level V prison and Level IV work release and violation of probation facilities is now limited to one adult visitor per inmate.
Dover, DE - During a ceremony this morning at the Department of Correction Administration Building Commissioner Monroe B. Hudson Jr. presented more than a dozen DOC officers and staff members with annual departmental awards for providing service above and beyond the call of duty during 2021.
Dover, DE - On Tuesday, April 26 at 1:00 p.m. the Delaware Department of Correction invites you to join its next 'DOC Insider Series' webinar with a focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
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