Editing New Castle County, Delaware (section)

===State government===
The [[Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families]] (DSCYF) has its headquarters in the Delaware Youth and Family Center (DYFC), located in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] New Castle County, near [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]].<ref>"[http://kids.delaware.gov/contact.shtml Contact Information]." [[Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families]]. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://kids.delaware.gov/locations.shtml#DYFC Office locations]." [[Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families]]. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref> Several DSCYF juvenile facilities, including the New Castle County Detention Center (NCCDC),<ref>"[http://kids.delaware.gov/yrs/yrs_nccdc/yrs_nccdc.shtml New Castle County Detention Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810003529/http://kids.delaware.gov/yrs/yrs_nccdc/yrs_nccdc.shtml |date=August 10, 2010 }}." [[Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families]]. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref> the Ferris School for Boys,<ref>"[http://kids.delaware.gov/yrs/yrs_ferris/yrs_ferris.shtml Ferris School for Boys] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810003527/http://kids.delaware.gov/yrs/yrs_ferris/yrs_ferris.shtml |date=August 10, 2010 }}." Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref> and the Grace and Snowden Cottages are in unincorporated New Castle County.<ref>"[http://kids.delaware.gov/yrs/yrs_gracesnowden/yrs_GraceWebPage.shtml Grace/Snowden Cottages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810003524/http://kids.delaware.gov/yrs/yrs_gracesnowden/yrs_GraceWebPage.shtml |date=August 10, 2010 }}." [[Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families]]. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref>

Several [[Delaware Department of Correction]] facilities are located in the county. The [[James T. Vaughn Correctional Center]] (JTVCC), formerly the Delaware Correctional Center, is a men's prison in unincorporated New Castle County, housing sentenced prisoners; Vaughn opened in 1971.<ref>"[http://doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonDCC.shtml James T. Vaughn Correctional Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123045822/http://doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonDCC.shtml |date=January 23, 2013 }}." [[Delaware Department of Correction]]. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref> The [[Howard R. Young Correctional Institution]], renamed from Multi-Purpose Criminal Justice Facility in 2004 and housing both pretrial and posttrial male prisoners, is located in [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]]; it opened in 1982.<ref>"[http://doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonMPCJF.shtml Howard R. Young Correctional Institution] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123045756/http://doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonMPCJF.shtml |date=January 23, 2013 }}." [[Delaware Department of Correction]]. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref> The [[Delores J. Baylor Correctional Institution]], a women's prison housing pretrial and posttrial prisoners, is located in unincorporated New Castle County.<ref name="Baylorprofile">"[http://doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonBWCI.shtml Delores J. Baylor Correctional Institution] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123045753/http://doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonBWCI.shtml |date=January 23, 2013 }}." [[Delaware Department of Correction]]. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://doc.delaware.gov/Directions%20to%20new%20entrance%20for%20Baylor.pdf Directions to the new entrance for the DELORES J. BAYLOR WOMEN'S CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103070934/http://www.doc.delaware.gov/Directions%20to%20new%20entrance%20for%20Baylor.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.doc.delaware.gov/Directions%20to%20new%20entrance%20for%20Baylor.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |date=November 3, 2010 }}." [[Delaware Department of Correction]]. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref> Baylor opened on December 29, 1991.<ref name="Baylorprofile"/> The Delaware male death row was in the JTVCC, while the female death row was in Baylor.<ref name="DelawareDR">"[http://www.doc.delaware.gov/information/deathrow_factsheet.shtml Death Row Fact Sheet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818231840/http://doc.delaware.gov/information/deathrow_factsheet.shtml |date=August 18, 2010 }}." [[Delaware Department of Correction]]. Retrieved August 16, 2010.</ref> Executions were to occur at JTVCC,<ref>"[http://www.doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonDCC.shtml JAMES T VAUGHN CORRECTIONAL CENTER (formerly DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER)]." [[Delaware Department of Correction]]. Retrieved August 16, 2010.</ref> prior to the 2016 suspension of it by the [[Delaware Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Petrowich|first=Sarah|url=https://www.delawarepublic.org/politics-government/2024-06-27/legislators-approve-removing-the-death-penalty-from-delaware-law|title=Legislators approve removing the death penalty from Delaware law|publisher=[[Delaware Public Radio]]|date=2024-06-29|access-date=2024-06-29}}</ref>

New Castle elects a substantial majority of the state legislature, with 27 state house districts and 17 state senate districts based in the county.