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Delaware correctional populations of Census 2010 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Central Violation Of Probation Center 228 State 875 Smyrna Landing Road Smyrna 19977 Kent County 12/30/2005
Delaware Correctional Center 2,345 State 1181 Paddock Road Smyrna 19977 New Castle County 12/30/2005
Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Inst 356 State 660 Baylor Blvd New Castle 19720 New Castle County 12/30/2005
Howard R. Young Correctional Institution 1,631 State 1301 E 12th Street Wilmington 19802 New Castle County 12/30/2005
John L. Webb Correctional Facility 64 State 200 Greenbank Road Wilmington 19808 New Castle County 12/30/2005
Morris Community Correctional Center 175 State 300 Water St Dover 19901 Kent County 12/30/2005
Plummer Community Correctional Center 221 State 38 Todds Lane Wilmington 19802 New Castle County 12/30/2005
Sussex Boot Camp 81 State Rt 113 Georgetown 19947 Sussex County 12/30/2005
Sussex Community Correction Center 221 State 2307 Dupont Blvd. Georgetown 19947 Sussex County 12/30/2005
Sussex Correctional Institution 1,165 State P.O. Box 500 Georgetown 19947 Sussex County 12/30/2005
Sussex Violation Of Probation Center 232 State 23207 Dupont Blvd. Georgetown 19947 Sussex County 12/30/2005
Women's Work Release Center 62 State 620 Baylor Blvd New Castle 19720 New Castle County 12/30/2005

This table draws data from three sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 1, 2010: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date on April 4, 2010.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on December 30, 2005 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR24642-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-10-05. doi:10.3886/ICPSR24642
  • Local jails on March 31, 2006 was extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR26602-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-01-26. doi:10.3886/ICPSR26602

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of March 2010.

For state, federal and local prisons built or expanded in the latter half of the decade, you may find this list of New and Expanded Prisons Since 2000 helpful as well.

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