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Sussex Correctional Institution
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Sussex Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Sussex County, Delaware. Rated capacity: 1,206. Reported population: 1,130. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
1,206
Current population
1,130
Occupancy
94%
Year opened
1931
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1931
Region
Delaware
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project10 Jun 2021
Have you ever heard the expression, “You take you wherever you go”? I believe this is true, but I also believe that people, places and things matter. After spending three years at Sussex Correctional Institution in Delaware, I requested and was granted an interstate transfer to SCI-Chester in Pennsylvania. That move jump-started my healing. At Chester, I received drug and trauma treatment. And I
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- Wikidata (Q26878815)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Sussex Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sussex-correctional-institution
"Sussex Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sussex-correctional-institution.
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