Inmate Hostage Situation At Delaware DOC
Line 1: Time of Report - Thursday, May 15, 2008 18:15:EST
Line 2: Agency: - Delaware DOC
Line 3: Type of Incident - Inmate Hostage
Line 4: Date / Time of Incident - 05 / 15 / 08 13:00:EST
Line 5: Locations: CONUS - Wilmington, DE
Line 6: Injuries / Casualties - Inmates
Line 7: Name of Officer(s): ID - Detailed Secured File - WWCN
Line 8: Name of Inmate(s): ID - Sye Newton, 23 - WWCN
Line 9: Incident Narrative - A inmate surrendered Wednesday after holding another inmate hostage for more than 5 1/2 hours at a state prison in Wilmington.
The incident prompted a lockdown at Young Correctional Institution shortly before noon.
It ended shortly after 5:30 p.m. with the surrender of inmate Sye Newton, No injuries were reported at time of this report.
The inmates involved, did not share a cell but were in the same pod.
Other inmates and staff were removed from the area during the standoff. Newton and his hostage were in an area alone while staff negotiated with him.
The pod where the incident took place is in the prison's west wing.
Line 10: Additional Information - Shortly after 4:30 p.m.,
Wilmington police officers were cleared to leave when corrections
officials felt the situation had calmed down.
The prison's front gates were closed and the state Department of Correction's SWAT team left shortly after 2:15 p.m.
New Castle County Paramedics, who were called in at about 2 p.m., were recalled at 5:39 p.m.
The last prison hostage crisis in Delaware came on July 12, 2004, when
an inmate took a prison counselor hostage and raped her in the Delaware
Correctional Center in Smyrna.
That nearly seven-hour standoff ended when a Department of Correction
rescuer hiding in the ceiling shot the inmate to death as he tried to
stab the woman with a homemade shank.
Young Correctional Institution is a top-security facility in the
northeast section of Wilmington. Opened in 1982, it formerly was known
as Gander Hill Prison, the name of the neighborhood in which it is
located.
The prison has a capacity for 1,380 inmates but now averages about 1,800, according to the Department of Correction Web site.. The incident "TOC" was notified of incidents for notification purposes. (Classified details Not yet available WWCN System)
Line 11: Assessment: A detailed WWCN report will be made available after AAR is filed. (Classified details Not available WWCN System).End Line 11.
Line 12: Line Staff Advisory - (See Classified details WWCN System later this evening). End Line 12
Line 13: Additional CERT Information - (See Classified details WWCN System later this evening). End Line 13
Line 14: Report Number - CONUS - IH-081508IHLev1
Line 15: Team Deployed - Negative SDU Deployment - TOC Notified of Incident and following via SAT COM. (Details on Secured TOC Server access key control number SDU1CC051)
Line 16: Security File Located: WWCN System file number CONUS - IH-081508IHLev1 - Access Code Required
Line 17: ICR Message: File being updated as details are released WWCN System Database - CERT Commanders and Operators
Line 18: CIR Additional Information: Available on CERTOps after AAR Completed on the open WWCN System No Login Required:
Line 19: C.I. Status: Confirmed - Dispatch of message and authentication of status. Verified by Duty Officer Alpha Shift #3470 STLIC made landline notification and entered into the WWCN System
Line 20: Additional CERT Incidents: More on this incident as details are confirmed 05/15/08.
Line 21: CERT Incident Status: Active - IA and DE DOC CERT Unit.
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