Topic - James T. Vaughn Correctional Center

The James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC), formerly the Delaware Correctional Center (DCC), is a state prison for men in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, USA, near Smyrna. It is the Delaware Department of Corrections's largest correctional facility for adult males. - Source: Wikipedia

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Mounted police patrol travel along Smyrna Landing Road alongside James T. Vaugh Corrections center, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 in Smyrna, Del. Inmates used &quot;sharp instruments&quot; to assume control of the building at the James T. Vaughn Correction Center on Wednesday, taking three prison guards and a woman counselor hostage. (Suchat Pederson/The Wilmington News-Journal via AP)

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More State Troopers arrive on scene as all Delaware prisons went on lockdown late Wednesday due to a hostage situation unfolding Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Del. Geoffrey Klopp, president of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware, said he had been told by the Department of Correction commissioner that prison guards had been taken hostage. (Suchat Pederson/The Wilmington News-Journal via AP)

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A prison guard stands at one of the towers at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. All Delaware prisons went on lockdown Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, due to a hostage situation unfolding at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna. Geoffrey Klopp, president of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware, said he had been told by the Department of Correction commissioner that prison guards had been taken hostage. (Suchat Pederson/The Wilmington News-Journal via AP)

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