# Delaware Prison - hostages taken **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774 "2017-02-01T21:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/1 "2017-02-01T21:33:29Z")
Story is still developing. Police are responding in force. I hope this ends without further violence. > **[Corrections officer killed in Del. hostage situation ID'd](https://6abc.com/delaware-news-smyrna-james-vaugh-correctional-facility-hostage-situation/1731779/)** > > Sgt. Steven Floyd, a 16-year veteran and father of three, is being hailed as a hero by both his co-workers and officials. > **[Police Use Backhoe to Breach Delaware Prison, End Standoff; 1 Dead](https://www.wboc.com/archive/police-use-backhoe-to-breach-delaware-prison-end-standoff-1-dead/article_e142b3ca-f26a-51a4-9343-727161948f77.html)** > > Using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of footlockers, authorities stormed Delaware's largest prison early Thursday and ended a nearly 24-hour hostage standoff involving inmates armed with sharpened objects. > [@](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/2 "2017-02-01T21:39:50Z")
They’ve had trouble at that prison before. > [@](#): > > In 2004, an inmate raped a counselor and took her hostage for nearly seven hours at the Smyrna prison. A department sharpshooter later shot and killed 45-year-old Scott Miller, ending the standoff. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/3 "2017-02-01T22:55:50Z")
Police are negotiating a peaceful resolution. It’s been ongoing for about 6 hours. I doubt they’ll let it drag on for too much longer. Spokesman gives update. > **[Delaware officers held hostage in prison standoff | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/us/delaware-prison-standoff/index.html)** > > Two Delaware prison employees were still being held hostage on Wednesday night as authorities communicated with inmates, officials said. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/4 "2017-02-02T02:53:51Z")
I guess I’m the only one following this story. Another hostage released. Two hostage still held. Lot of activity today. Some of the inmates managed to call the press. This may resolve without violence. It’s encouraging they’ve released two hostages. Blog of today’s events. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/latest-union-corrections-officer-assaulted-prison-204925861.html?client=ms-android-motorola](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/latest-union-corrections-officer-assaulted-prison-204925861.html?client=ms-android-motorola) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/5 "2017-02-02T04:52:36Z")
[quote=“aceplace57, post:4, topic:778774”] I guess I’m the only one following this story. I’m not sure what you expected people to say. News happens. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/6 "2017-02-02T05:26:39Z")
Breaking news story threads usually interest people. We’ve had a lot of them lately. People may be burned out. I can certainly relate. I’m a news junkie and even I am getting a bit jaded. It’s a constant stream of depressing news lately. I’m surprised they’ve let this drag out over 12 hours. The police may be waiting till early morning when the inmates are less alert. Get every advantage before moving in. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/7 "2017-02-02T08:40:01Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I guess I’m the only one following this story. Nothing is more pathetic than bumping your own thread to get responses. Anyway, TRUMP. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/8 "2017-02-03T12:16:03Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Nothing is more pathetic than bumping your own thread to get responses. > > Anyway, TRUMP. > > 😃 I waasn’t sure what you meant until I saw this…[“We’re trying to explain the reasons for doing what we’re doing,” one of the voices on the call told The News Journal. "Donald Trump. Everything that he did. All the things that he’s doing now.](http://www.ibtimes.com/delaware-prison-riot-latest-corrections-officer-killed-anti-trump-prisoner-uprising-2485196) ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/9 "2017-02-03T12:55:50Z")
A prison officer has since died. (I’m a Delawarean, and am not surprised by the situation given the state of prison systems everywhere- we’ve just had large riots here in Birmingham as a result of conditions. I also don’t specifically look for Delaware-based threads regularly because, well, there aren’t many) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/10 "2017-02-03T14:05:29Z")
:mad: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-prison-hostages-taken/778774/11 "2017-02-03T14:22:42Z")
I’m glad it ended without more people getting hurt. The guard that died will be remembered by his colleagues for a long time. [https://www.google.com/amp/amp.usatoday.com/story/97387706/?client=ms-android-motorola](https://www.google.com/amp/amp.usatoday.com/story/97387706/?client=ms-android-motorola) > **[Delaware Corrections Officer 'Saved Lives' Before Dying in Hostage Situation:...](https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/delaware-corrections-employee-dead-hostage-situation-prison/story?id=45217318)** > > The victim, Sgt. Steven Floyd, was a 16-year veteran. > [@](#): > > “Sgt. Floyd was a great man,” Klopp said. “Even in his last moments as the inmates attempted to take over the building, Sgt. Floyd told a couple of lieutenants to get out of the building, that it was a trap.” > > Klopp appeared emotional at a news conference this afternoon as he described Floyd, a 16-year veteran, as a loving husband, father and grandfather who “worked overtime three or four times a week to put his kids through college.”