A 41-year-old Laurel man is the latest inmate to die in Delaware prisons. George J. Dombrosky, was serving 50 years and 20 days for first-degree Unlawful Sexual Intercourse and second-degree Murder at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC) near Smyrna. His sentence effective date was 11/10/1997. According to a Department of Correction press release, Dombroskly died “after [...]
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Delaware’s latest inmate death
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, Department of Correction, Inmate Abuse, Prisons, Rogue Force on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Delaware’s latest inmate death
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, Department of Correction, Inmate Abuse, Prisons, Rogue Force on January 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Joseph Birowski, of Hartley, is the most recent inmate to die in Delaware’s prison system. Birowsky, 53, was serving a 20 year sentence at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC) for Continuous Sexual Abuse and Unlawful Sexual Intercourse. According to a Department of Correction press release, Birowsky died in the JTVCC infirmary Sunday night at [...]
Cathcart, Short urge feds to probe DOC
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, Department of Correction, Inmate Abuse, Prisons, Rogue Force on January 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
DOC fails to keep its agreement with U.S. Justice Department to improve inmate medical care
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, Department of Correction, Inmate Abuse, Prisons, Rogue Force on December 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Feds grant DOC more time to satisfy Memorandum of Agreement The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) has failed to keep it’s agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, in which it promised to improve inmate health care. According to an e-mail sent Thursday morning by the DOC, the U.S. Department of Justice has granted the [...]
Delaware’s latest inmate death
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, Department of Correction, Inmate Abuse, Prisons, Rogue Force on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bruce L. Donophan, 54, of Lincoln, is the most recent inmate to die in the Delaware Department of Correction. Donophan was serving a sentence of nine months and 27 days for a parole violation. His sentence began Sept. 30, 2009. According to a written statement by the DOC, Donophan’s body has been turned over to the State [...]
Wilmington pastor calls for investigation into retaliation against 42 inmate whistleblowers
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, Department of Correction, Inmate Abuse, Rogue Force on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Reverend Christopher Bullock, senior pastor of the Canaan Baptist Church, wants an investigation into allegations that guards at the Sussex Correctional Institution are retaliating against the 42 inmates who came forward telling state officials they witnessed an unprovoked assault by three guards on one inmate – an attack they claim was started by the [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Retaliation begins against 42 inmate whistleblowers at SCI
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, Department of Correction, Inmate Abuse, Prisons, Rogue Force on December 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
(Editor’s note: this story can also be viewed in CRI’s Special Reports section.) Victim of the assault by guards still suffering from injuries received during the beating, according to his written statement obtained by CRI. By Lee Williams After 42 inmates at the Sussex Correctional Institution in Georgetown came forward telling state officials they witnessed [...]
More than 40 inmates document unprovoked attack on inmate by guards at SCI
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, Department of Correction, Prisons, Rogue Force on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
(Editor’s note: this story and the inmate grievance can also be viewed in the Special Report section.) Witnesses ask Attorney General Beau Biden, Correction Commissioner Carl Danberg, ACLU, NAACP to protect them from abuse and retaliation. By Lee Williams An entire tier – 42 inmates – at the Sussex Correctional Institution in Georgetown has come [...]
DOC releases RFP seeking prison medical vendor(s) to replace Correctional Medical Services
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, Department of Correction, Inmate Abuse, Prisons, Rogue Force on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) today released a Request For Proposals (RFP) soliciting vendors to provide healthcare services to the prison inmate population. The new RFP will allow the option of multiple vendors, so potential vendors will be able to bid to provide a portion of services, such as mental health services, substance abuse [...]
A four-inch deep hole in the buttocks
Posted in Carl Danberg, Department of Correction, Inmate Abuse, Prisons, Rogue Force on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An inmate at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna has a four-inch hole in his buttocks, which is full of MRSA, staph and other bacteria. The abscess is burrowing toward the 50-year-old inmate’s midline, according to medical documents obtained by the Caesar Rodney Institute. He’s had the wound for more than six months, [...]
