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Delaware correctional populations of Census 2020 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 236 State 875 Smyrna Landing Road Smyrna 19977 6/30/2012
Delores J Baylor Womens Correctional Institution 418 State 660 Baylor Blvd New Castle 19720 New Castle 6/30/2012
Hazel D. Plant Women's Treatment Facility 79 State 620 Baylor Boulevard New Castle 19720 New Castle 6/30/2012
Howard R. Young Correctional Institution 1,554 State 1301 E 12Th Street Wilmington 19802 New Castle 6/30/2012
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center 2,448 State 1181 Paddock Rd Smyrna 19977 6/30/2012
Morris Community Correction Center 127 State 300 Water St Dover 19901 Kent 6/30/2012
Plummer Community Correction Center 178 State 38 Todds Lane Wilmington 19802 New Castle 6/30/2012
Sussex Boot Camp 53 State 23203 Dupont Blvd Georgetown 19947 Sussex 6/30/2012
Sussex Correctional Institution 1,031 State 23203 Dupont Blvd Georgetown 19947 Sussex 6/30/2012
Sussex Violation of Probation Center 258 State 23207 Dupont Blvd. Georgetown 19947 Sussex 6/30/2012
Sussex Work Release Center 127 State 23207 Dupont Blvd Georgetown 19947 Sussex 6/30/2012
Webb Community Correction Center 57 State 200 Greenbank Rd Wilmington 19808 New Castle 6/30/2012

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

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 April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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