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Guard Shoved in Incident at Vaughn Correctional Center

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Tensions at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center spilled over into a reported assault on one of the guards.

The Correctional Officers Association of Delaware said that the incident occurred Friday evening when the around 20-to-25 inmates were in the dining hall.

Several broke the rule on to speak during the meal and a guard ordered them to stop.

The Wilmington News Journal reports that the association said at that point other inmates began speaking and the officer was shoved.

A second officer called for backup and the two move to the door with the inmate who allegedly shoved the officer.

Geoff Klopp, president of the Correctional Officers Association, issued a statement noting that there were still 721 vacant positions and noted that this left two officers to be outnumbered 10 to 1 during the incident.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.