Delaware Prisons on Lockdown Due to Incident at Vaughn Correctional Center
All prisons in Delaware are on lockdown due to an incident that is unfolding at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, according to the state Department of Correction.
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Using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of footlockers, authorities stormed Delaware's largest prison early Thursday and ended a nearly 24-hour hostage standoff involving inmates armed with sharpened objects. One hostage - a correctional officer- died.
