Dayhoff Soundtrack: Our prayers are with the family of the corrections officer at the Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware

Thursday, February 02, 2017

Our prayers are with the family of the corrections officer at the Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware

This is so sad – and senseless. Corrections officers are the unsung heroes of public safety. It is an extremely dangerous job. Too often they are underpaid and underappreciated. Corrections officers selflessly serve for our public safety out of sight and out of mind until something stupid happened. At this difficult time our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the corrections officer at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware.

The Washington Post is reporting: Corrections officer dead after day-long hostage standoff at Delaware prison – By Katie Mettler and Mark Berman https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/02/inmates-demanding-education-protesting-trump-take-hostages-at-delaware-prison/?utm_term=.f12b8cb240d9&wpisrc=al_alert-national

“The standoff inside Delaware's largest state prison for men ended early Thursday after state police stormed the building, finding one corrections official dead and rescuing another who was being held hostage. Officials did not immediately elaborate on a cause of death for the corrections officer.

“The standoff began Wednesday morning when inmates at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, about 40 miles south of Wilmington, took four corrections department workers hostage, prompting a lockdown of prisons across the state.” Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/02/inmates-demanding-education-protesting-trump-take-hostages-at-delaware-prison/?utm_term=.f12b8cb240d9&wpisrc=al_alert-national

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