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Guards Taken Hostage By Inmates At Delaware Prison

... for all prisoners and information about how money is allocated to prisons. Coupe said authorities had been communicating with the hostage-takers via radio. He also noted that inmates in Building C have access to television and could be watching the news conference live. "We'd like to tell them we want to resolve this peacefully," he said. Coupe declined to comment when asked about the phone calls to the News Journal. but said a dialogue about issues at the prison could happen later. "Once this matter is resolved safely, then that will be the time to talk if the inmates want to talk about conditions, privileges, those types of things," he said. Delaware Gov. John Carney spoke briefly, saying he had talked with the hostages' families. "As you can imagine, it's been very difficult for them as well," the new ...

Delaware Sticks To Prison 'loaf' While Other States End Use

... provide a copy of related policy guidelines. According to American Correctional Association standards, alternative meal service should be based only on health or safety considerations, meet basic nutritional requirements, and be used for no more than seven days, absent administrative review and approval of a health care practitioner. It's unclear how many prisons and jails still use the loaf, but Prison Legal News, a project of the nonprofit Human Rights Defense Center, reported last year that at least a dozen state prison systems still have it. Delaware, however, is sticking with its alternative diet. Coupe said it was served to 30 inmates in 2015 and to 17 last year. A first occurrence of misbehavior involving food or bodily waste is subject to a nutraloaf diet for three consecutive days. A subsequent occurrence can ...

Guilty Plea In 2007 Murder Case, Prison Time For Manslaughter, And Adult Convictions For Violent Juveniles

... Second Degree, Theft of a Firearm, Wearing a Disguise During a Commission of a Felony, and Conspiracy Second Degree. · William Morgan, 18, pled guilty to pled guilty to Burglary Second Degree, Theft of a Firearm, Wearing a Disguise During a Commission of a Felony, and Conspiracy Second Degree. · Jamir Stewart, 16, pled guilty to Burglary Second Degree, Theft of a Firearm, and two counts of Conspiracy Second Degree. All 5 co-defendants were sentenced to 1 year in prison, followed by 6 months of either home confinement of work release, then 18 months of probation. All are now persons prohibited from owning or possessing firearms. The owners of one Sussex County property have been ordered to close its doors, while the owners of an adjacent property have entered into nuisance abatement agreement with the State. A complaint for temporary and ...

Bank Robbery Leads To 50 Year Prison Sentence

... Weapon, and Driving Without a Seatbelt. Manuel faces 23 years to life in prison when sentenced in March. Deputy Attorney General Periann Doko obtained a guilty plea from Michael Newton, 36, of Newark for Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, Reckless Endangering First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Assault First Degree, and Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon. Newton was arrested in December 2015 for three separate shootings. In September 2015, Newton shot a man in the face in the 500 block of East Ninth Street in Wilmington. On December 3, 2015, he shot a man in the hand at the Motel 6 on Route 273 in Newark, and on December 20 th, shot a man in the arm in the 1000 block of West Fourth Street in Wilmington. The State will file a petition to declare Newton a habitual offender. He faces a minimum mandatory 22 years in prison when sentenced by Judge Richard Cooch in March. Deputy Attorneys General Steve Welch and Ben Snyder secured a prison sentence for a 21-year-old Dover man for his part ...

2 Released, 2 Held Hostage In Delaware Prison Standoff

... in here. I have other friends actually around my age who work in here. So it's just, it's kind of nerve-wracking.". The prison, which dates back to 1971, houses minimum, medium and maximum security prisoners as well as the state's death row inmates, according to the state Bureau of Prisons. The prison employs 1,500 corrections officers, according to Bruce Rogers, counsel for the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware. In 2004, an inmate there raped a counselor and took her hostage for nearly seven hours at the Smyrna prison, according to an Associated Press report at the time. A department sharpshooter later shot and killed 45-year-old Scott Miller, according to the report, ending the standoff. Dover attorney Stephen Hampton, who has represented state inmates in civil rights cases, said complaints have increased in the past year from inmates systemwide about substandard medical care and poor record-keeping. Hampton also said that pretrial inmates at Vaughn and other facilities are locked up for much of the day, without access to gyms or libraries, ...

Delaware Corrections Officers Held Hostage At Prison

... were freed, according to Perry Phelps, the state corrections commissioner. The incident unfolded shortly after 10:30 a.m. when a corrections officer radioed for assistance with a major disturbance involving staff in one building that housed more than 100 inmates, authorities said. Officers responded and four corrections employees were taken hostage. The facility was quickly put on lockdown, authorities said. "It's been a long and difficult day," Gov. John Carney said. Read More. State police initially said five staffers were taken hostage. State Department of Safety and Homeland Security Secretary Robert Coupe said authorities later learned that one staff member believed to have been a hostage, who had been assigned to work in that area where the incident took place, was in another part of the building. One corrections officer ...

Guards Held Hostage By Inmates At Delaware Prison

... Injuries to both officers and inmates were reported, he said. In a brief statement, the Department of Corrections said DOC Response Teams and Delaware State Police were on the scene responding to a hostage situation. A DOC spokeswoman said an emergency situation was reported at the Smyrna prison late Wednesday morning. The facility was placed on lockdown, as were all prisons in the state per DOC policy. Spokeswoman Jayme Gravell provided few details but described the situation as an isolated incident, adding that there was no threat to the public. Rogers said he'd been briefed on the situation by the union president, who was talking to officials at the scene. He described the building under inmate control as housing between 120-150 inmates. The population is considered medium to maximum security, he said. There has been very little communication between inmates and those on the outside, and no demands have been communicated to the union, according to ...

Delaware 105.9, Lewes, De

... did. All the things that he's doing now. We know that the institution is going to change for the worse.". That caller said education for prisoners was the inmates' priority. They also sought effective rehabilitation for all prisoners and information about how money is allocated to prisons. 6 p.m. A caller to a Delaware newspaper says he is an inmate being held hostage at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, where guards have been taken hostage. The (Wilmington) News Journal on Wednesday posted a recording online of a man who says he was told to contact the media to relay the inmates' demands. The man seems to be reading from something; he says, "This rebellion is manifested to demand (unintelligible).". The caller's message mentions improper sentencing orders and incorrect status sheets. The caller also says maximum security inmates "are merely existing" and need rehabilitation services. The man says he doesn't know who's taken him hostage, as "they've got my face covered." He refused to give his ...