Harrington Booking Releases
Harrington Booking Releases come from the Harrington Police Department and Delaware State Police in south Kent County. The city is home to the Delaware State Fair, and fair-time arrests often run through the Kent County system. Male bookings that lead to a hold go to the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna. The state DOC keeps the full custody file. Start a Harrington search with the state inmate locator, then reach out to HPD or Kent County for the arrest report.
Harrington Overview
Harrington Police and Booking Releases
The Harrington Police Department is at 10 Mechanic Street, Harrington, DE 19952, at (302) 398-4495, with a fax at (302) 398-8947. The department keeps arrest records and incident reports. Records requests follow Delaware FOIA rules. City Council meets on the first and third Monday of each month at 7:00 PM at City Hall, 106 Dorman Street. The city has five elected Council members who serve two-year terms. The yearly budget is about $1.5 million.
See the department on the Harrington Police page for contact info and service hours. The city has a strong public records score at 9.2 out of 10, which means court data, property files, and election records are easy to reach online.
The HPD page is the first stop for Harrington records, tips, and contact info.
Note: Harrington Booking Releases tied to state fair events often flow through DSP news posts first before the full report comes out.
Harrington Booking Releases Statistics
Public data shows that Harrington Police made 2,422 arrests from 2013 to 2023. In 2017 alone the department made 141 arrests with a crime rate of 381.18. The violent crime rate was 56.77 and the property crime rate was 324.41. Per local data, about 41 percent of all arrests during the 2013 to 2023 window were for low-level, non-violent offenses. Those numbers come from public accountability reports.
In 2017 the split between violent and property arrests was about 15 percent violent and 85 percent property. That mix shapes the kinds of Harrington Booking Releases events that move through the system each year. Most end up at JTVCC for male suspects and at Baylor for female suspects. See more on the Harrington police statistics page.
Public data of this kind helps you set the context for a single Harrington case when you look up the DOC file.
State Fair Booking Releases
The Delaware State Fair runs in Harrington each summer. The fair sits at 200 Simpson Road, Harrington, DE 19952. Both DSP and HPD police the event. Arrests at the fair are processed through the Kent County system and may lead to booking at JTVCC. Past arrests at the fair have covered assault, disorderly conduct, and other offenses. Troopers respond to events at the fairgrounds and work with HPD on detainee transport. You can see recent posts on the DSP Newsroom.
Each fair-time Harrington Booking Releases event ties to a case number, an arrest report, and a DOC intake record if a hold follows. Those papers may sit with HPD, DSP, or both. A FOIA request to each agency covers the full story.
JTVCC Intake for Harrington Bookings
The James T. Vaughn Correctional Center is the main site for Harrington male bookings that lead to a hold. JTVCC sits in Smyrna. It is the largest prison in the state and holds about 2,500 men. Staff process intake with fingerprints, a booking photo, and a health screen. The site holds sentenced men and men held pre-trial. A Youthful Criminal Offenders Program serves those 18 through 25. A medical unit and dental clinic are on site.
You can track custody at the Delaware DOC Inmate Locator. VINELink sends alerts when status changes. Women booked in Harrington travel to the Baylor Women's Correctional Institution in New Castle County.
Kent County Courts for Harrington Cases
Harrington cases go to the Kent County Courthouse in Dover. That court handles felony and major misdemeanor matters for the south Kent area. Court records are open through CourtConnect or the main Delaware Courts site. The courthouse is at 38 The Green, Dover, at (302) 672-1000. Public access terminals are on site for cases not yet in the online index.
Court papers often tied to a Harrington Booking Releases event include:
- Arrest charging document
- Bail order from the JP court
- Trial plea or verdict
- Sentence paper that sets the release date
- Probation papers that can lead to new holds
Harrington Public Records Directory
The Harrington public records directory lists city data for court cases, property records, business entities, and election info. Harrington scores 9.2 out of 10 on public records transparency, which is high for a small city. The directory also lists City Hall at 106 Dorman Street and notes that HPD works with DSP and Kent County agencies on major cases.
The directory is a fast way to find the right office for a Harrington Booking Releases request.
VINELink Alerts for Harrington Booking Releases
VINELink is the web version of VINE, the National Victim Notification Network. The tool lets anyone watch a Harrington Booking Releases case in real time. Sign up once with a phone number or email. The system sends a text, a call, or an email when custody changes. That covers facility moves, release to parole, escapes, and transfers. The tool is free. Family members, friends, and community members can all use it.
The DOC also runs a community notification system for Harrington residents. It sends facility alerts and non-emergency info by text, phone, and email. The DOC Friends and Family Handbook is a free resource that walks through visit rules, how to send funds through GTL ConnectNetwork, mail rules, phone service, and how to request inmate records. The DOC gives each person in custody a tablet for contact with family and for program content.
State Resources for Harrington Cases
State level tools are often the fastest path for a Harrington Booking Releases search. The Delaware Department of Correction runs the inmate locator at the state DOC homepage. The Central Offender Records Unit keeps the file for each person in custody. FOIA requests for inmate records go to the DOC, which routes them to the right section.
The Delaware Public Archives holds old prisoner registers and commit papers from sites that no longer exist. If you need a Harrington record that is older than the DOC retention window, the Archives may have it. Fees depend on the volume and format. For current cases, the state inmate locator is the right tool.
Delaware Code and Harrington Booking Releases
Title 11 of the Delaware Code is the main source of law for each Harrington arrest. Chapter 65 covers the DOC and the state prison system. Chapter 43 covers sentencing, probation, parole, and pardons. Section 4322 of Title 11 sets strict rules on who can see presentence reports, preparole reports, and case supervision files. Those items are marked privileged. They can only go to the courts, the Board of Parole, the Board of Pardons, the Attorney General, and others set by law. The rule keeps parts of a Harrington file out of a basic FOIA response.
Section 6535 sets the rules for how the DOC handles inmate discipline. Each charge, each hearing, and each medical check must be logged. Section 6537 covers inmate visits and mail. Section 6540 sets the discharge allowance, which is clothing and transport given to a person when they leave prison. These sections shape what ends up in a Harrington Booking Releases file and what is held back. Read the full statute at the Delaware Code Title 11 site.
Nearby Cities
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See the Kent County page for more on JTVCC, the Community Corrections Center, and the courts that hear Harrington cases.