GUILTY DE - Delaware prisons Hostage Situation Over/ One Guard, Sgt. Steven Floyd, Killed, Feb 2017

[LostOldUserName]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/0...own-over-hostage-situation-officials-say.html

“We’re hearing that three to five correctional officers have been taken hostage and the inmates have control of the building,” Geoff Klopp, the President of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware told the Delaware State News."

 

[Tawny]

Terrifying! I hope everyone is safe and makes it out of this in one piece :/

 

[0101ABA]

Lockdown at Large Delaware Prison, Guards Taken Hostage

Authorities put a Delaware correctional housing about 2,500 prisoners -- including some of the state's most violent -- on lockdown midday Wednesday after some prison guards were taken hostage.


(...) Geoffrey Klopp, president of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware, said he was told by the Department of Correction commissioner that prison guards were taken hostage at the JTVCC.


As NBC Philadelphia's SkyForce10 hovered near the correctional facility around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, dozens of law enforcement members could be seen staging near a gate. A short time later, a group of people are seen rushing someone on a stretcher to another building on the sprawling campus.

(...)


The prison, which dates back to 1971, houses minimum, medium and maximum security prisoners as well as the state's death row inmates, says the state Bureau of Prisons.

 

[Elley Mae]

Audio: Inmates want better treatment at Smyrna prison

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/02/01/delaware-prison-lockdown-vaughn/97342188/

The News Journal received a call from a woman who said her fiancé is an inmate at the state prison in Smyrna and is being held hostage. A man’s voice was patched onto the line and he was asked by hostage takers to relay demands to The News Journal.

 

[LostOldUserName]

I could never be a correctional worker. These people put their life on the line daily and are grossly underpaid!

 

[0101ABA]

Guards, counselor held hostage in Delaware prison; injuries reported

Action News has learned that four prison guards and a counselor are being held hostage at the James T. Vaughn state correctional facility in Smyrna, Delaware.

Injuries have been reported, sources say, but the number and severity were not known. It is also not known if the hostages were among the injured.

We've learned the details of at least one injury, in which a 35-year-old guard was struck numerous times with a mop wringer. He was taken to the hospital and was said to be awake and alert.

 

[Tulessa]

SMYRNA, DE (AP) — At least four guards and a counselor were taken hostage by inmates Wednesday inside a Delaware prison, according to a union attorney, and all the state’s prisons were put on lockdown as police swarmed the facility.

Live conference going on now.

http://nbc4i.com/2017/02/01/officia...at-maximum-security-prison-in-delaware-state/

 

[Tulessa]

DOVER, Del. -- Delaware prisons were locked down Wednesday as authorities responded to a hostage situation at the state’s maximum security facility.

Geoffrey Klopp, president of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware, said he was told by the Department of Correction commissioner that prison guards had been taken hostage at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/delawar...ds-james-t-vaughn-correctional-center-smyrna/

 

[Tulessa]

Thanks Mods!

 

[Tulessa]

[video=youtube;aLzdyzBxYmM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLzdyzBxYmM[/video]

 

[Tulessa]

Here is a live link! They are saying it will be back. We shall see.


Working now!

[video=youtube;LDGhDYDZYvY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDGhDYDZYvY[/video]

 

[0101ABA]

Inmates at a Delaware prison took five corrections department workers hostage Wednesday, a move the inmates told a local newspaper was due to concerns about their treatment and the leadership of the United States.

(...) One hostage was released Wednesday afternoon, but four remained in custody and negotiations were ongoing as the evening stretched on, authorities said.

(...)

Later, inmates reached out to The News Journal in Wilmington in two phone calls to explain their actions and make demands. Prisoners funneled the calls to the paper with the help of one inmate's fiancee and another person's mother. The mother told the paper her son was among the hostages.

In that call, an inmate said their reasons "for doing what we're doing" included "Donald Trump. Everything that he 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 said they want effective rehabilitation for all prisoners and information about how money is allocated to prisons.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/delaware-prisons-lockdown-smoke-reported-facility-45197036

 

[LaborOfLobe]

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/02/01/delaware-prison-lockdown-vaughn/97342188/

There's a video here (press conference) with Sgt. Richard Bratz. I'm not sure how recent it is, but he says at the end that they will try to give hourly updates. How long can this go on? Frightening!

 

[0101ABA]

Chopper 6HD over Prison in Smyrna shows inmates being brought out in Handcuffs. Stand off may be ending...#DEVELOPING

https://mobile.twitter.com/DannCuellar/status/826957106817417216

 

[oceanblueeyes]

Sometime a correctional officer's dangerous job is overlooked. There are many who are severely assaulted every year and some COs have been murdered. In a lot of this prisons the guards are so vulnerable since they are far outnumbered by dangerous inmates.

I pray that all of the guards being held hostage come out safe and unarmed.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

So how did these violent acts help anything. Violence never resolves anything. Now all involved will have added charges that will result in more time for those involved.

 

[0101ABA]

From the Associated Press:

BREAKING: Officials say another hostage is released from Delaware prison building, leaving 2 more inside.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AP/status/826969281845932033

 

[LaborOfLobe]

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/02/01/delaware-prison-lockdown-vaughn/97342188/

As the standoff entered its 12th hour Wednesday night, there were no signs it would be resolved anytime soon.

My goodness...I hope this ends soon and with no further injuries, or worse.

 

[Meryl12]

When this ends the security will be increased and the prisoners freedom will be greatly restricted. All those involved will be charged with numerous offences resulting in longer sentences after they have been punished probably with much higher security ratings and possibly with solitary confinement. They cannot be allowed to get away with this, they have to be punished for doing this. Unfortunately prisoners are not really particularly intelligent and they don't understand this does not accomplish anything, it only makes everything much worse. :notgood:

 

[JeannaT]

When this ends the security will be increased and the prisoners freedom will be greatly restricted. All those involved will be charged with numerous offences resulting in longer sentences after they have been punished probably with much higher security ratings and possibly with solitary confinement. They cannot be allowed to get away with this, they have to be punished for doing this. Unfortunately prisoners are not really particularly intelligent and they don't understand this does not accomplish anything, it only makes everything much worse. :notgood:

I'm not sure I agree with that. At all. I volunteer in the women's prisons in Texas, and there are some really intelligent and interesting people there.

Prayers that this ends well.