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James T. Vaughn Correctional Center inmate search

James T. Vaughn Correctional Center is Delaware’s largest prison, at 1181 Paddock Road, Smyrna, DE 19977 (302-653-9261). It is a Level V site for men, with room for more than 2,600 at minimum, medium and maximum custody. Most men here are sentenced, but some are awaiting trial. Search by name on VINELink.

Searching for a man at Vaughn

Open VINELink, choose Delaware and type his name. The record gives the site and custody status, and you can ask for alerts. Our James T. Vaughn Correctional Center Inmate Search page links it too.

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Where men awaiting trial are held

Vaughn is mainly for sentenced men but houses Kent County detainees too. Level V totals (state open data for August 2026):

• Smyrna, men, Level V – James T. Vaughn Correctional Center – 1,585, including 52 detentioners
• Wilmington, men, Level V – Howard R. Young Correctional Institution – 1,300, including 549 detentioners
• Georgetown, men, Level V – Sussex Correctional Institution – 962, including 347 detentioners
• New Castle, women, Level V – Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution – 293, including 134 detentioners

Some accused people also stay at the Level IV Sussex Community Corrections Center.

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Treatment sites for sentenced people

Community Corrections Treatment Center (Smyrna) and Hazel D. Plant Women’s Treatment Facility (New Castle).

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Bail

Set by a Justice of the Peace judge. See bail info.

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Court

Find dates on the Delaware calendar page.

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Contact

• visiting; JE guide.
• Phone
• Deposits
• Mail

Vaughn: 302-653-9261. The DOC page names Brian Emig as warden.

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Federal

Federal court in Wilmington: 302-573-6170. Marshals 302-573-6176. BOP locator.

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ICE at Vaughn

1. ICE checks prints from booking.
2. An I-247A can follow.
3. It requests a hold of 48 hours or fewer, a count that does not pause for weekends or holidays.
4. Delaware’s HS 1 for HB 368 took effect when signed on September 3, 2026. A detainer or civil immigration warrant alone cannot extend custody, unless his record shows a violent felony, a sex crime, at least 3 DUI convictions, or a domestic violence record.
5. 287(g) deals were banned by HB 182 in 2025. Without an exception, he should leave at his release time.
6. Check ICE’s locator or call 215-656-7164.

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Transfers

Classification may shift him to another site. See Delaware prisons.

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Mugshots

VINELink has no images. Booking photos sometimes appear in news stories. FOIA for ICE; federal photos only on Marshals fugitive notices.

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Smyrna police non-emergency

• Smyrna Police Department: 302-653-9217
• Delaware State Police Troop 3, Camden: 302-697-4454

Emergency: 911.

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James T. Vaughn Correctional Center Inmate Services Information

Phone: 302-653-9261

Physical Address:
1181 Paddock Rd
Smyrna, DE 19977

Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's Full Name & SBI Number
Delaware DOC - 1101
PO Box 96777
Las Vegas, NV 89193

Mailing Address (legal mail or subscriptions):
Inmate's Full Name & SBI Number
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC)
1181 Paddock Road
Smyrna, DE 19977

Every year Kent County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain 132,300 offenders, and maintain an average of 6,615 inmates (county-wide) in their custody on any given day.

The weekly turnover rate of inmates is approximately 55%, meaning that every week more than half of these inmates are released and then replaced with new offenders being booked into jail.

The charts below break down the men, women, races, ethnicities and the types of crimes that people are arrested and incarcerated for in both Kent County and state prisons throughout the country. This information is compiled from local police and the Kent County Sheriff's Department, as well as the state of Delaware and the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau.

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