The Delaware Department of Correction runs the search for people in Delaware state prisons. Here is how to use it, what it covers, and where to look if the person is not there.
- Agency
- Delaware Department of Correction
- Official search
- VINELink (Delaware)
How to search the Delaware DOC inmate list
The department's Locate an Inmate page asks people to use VINELink to check whether someone is incarcerated in Delaware. Use VINELink (Delaware) to see whether someone is in custody and where.
VINELink is a victim notification service, not the department's own records system. It shows custody status and lets you sign up for a call, text or email when that status changes. Read how VINE works.
Delaware state prisons we list
We do not copy the Delaware prison inmate list yet. These are the state prisons in our Delaware directory, with address, phone and visiting basics. Use the department's search above to find a person.
- Baylor Women's Correctional Institution State prison in New Castle
- Community Corrections Treatment Center State prison in Smyrna
- Hazel D. Plant Womens Treatment Facility State prison in New Castle
- Howard R Young Correctional Institution State prison in Wilmington
- James T Vaughn Correctional Center State prison in Smyrna
- New Castle County Detention Center State prison in Wilmington
- Plummer Community Corrections Center State prison in Wilmington
- Stevenson House Detention Center State prison in Milford
- Sussex Community Corrections Center State prison in Georgetown
- Sussex Correctional Institution State prison in Georgetown
- Sussex Violation of Probation Center State prison in Georgetown
State prison, county jail or federal prison?
The Delaware Department of Correction holds people serving state prison sentences. Someone arrested in the last few days is almost always in a county jail instead, and will not show up in the state prison search yet. For a recent arrest, start with the county: open our Delaware page and pick the county where the arrest happened.
People sentenced for federal crimes are held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which has its own search. See federal inmate search (BOP).
After you find them
- Visits: most prisons require you to be on the person's approved visitor list first. How visiting works.
- Money: how to send money and how commissary works.
- Mail and calls: sending mail, phone calls and video visits.
- Release and transfer alerts: VINE notifications.
Questions
Someone was just arrested in Delaware. Will they be in the Delaware DOC search?
Usually not. People who were just arrested are held in a county jail first. They are moved to a state prison only after a sentence to state prison. Check the county jail where the arrest happened.
Is searchinmates.org part of the Delaware Department of Correction?
No. searchinmates.org is a private website. It is not affiliated with the Delaware Department of Correction or any government agency. The department's own search is the source of record.
Sources
We opened each of these pages on October 14, 2026. Rules and numbers change, so check the source before you act.
- Locate an Inmate, Delaware Department of Correction. How the search works and what it covers.
- Correctional Institutions, Bureau of Justice Statistics. How jails (run locally) differ from prisons (run by a state or the federal government).
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