Minimum through maximum custody — pretrial and sentenced women · State Prison (Level V) · DDOC

Baylor Women's Correctional Institution

New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware

Visiting schedules change without notice. Always call before traveling.

Call Visiting Office: (302) 577-3004 Info last verified: June 2026

Delaware's only women's facility, holding pretrial and sentenced women at every custody level just south of Wilmington — with a public bus stop at the gate.

Statewide rules that apply at every Delaware DOC prison

These rules are set by DDOC and apply at every unit. The full list — including all permitted and prohibited items and the approval process — is in Visiting in Delaware.

Dress code

No bathing suits, body suits, strapless or low-cut tops, sleeveless shirts, or tube tops; nothing see-through or revealing — staff have the final say.
Dresses, skirts, culottes, and walking shorts no shorter than two inches above the knee, measured from the bend at the back of the knee.
No spandex pants, shorts, or leggings worn alone; leggings under a skirt are permitted.
Some facilities add more — Baylor and Howard R. Young prohibit open-toe or open-heel shoes, Crocs, and hoodies.

ID: Photo ID for every visitor (any picture ID suffices for children under 16 at Baylor); at James T. Vaughn the address on the ID must match the address given when booking. Children 14-18 need their own photo ID at Howard R. Young.
What to bring: Car keys and ID, little else — everything else stays secured in the vehicle. Infant items go in a clear baggie; small cash or vending allowances vary by facility.
Scheduling: No application form — visits are booked by calling the facility scheduling line, generally one week ahead, and at some facilities cannot be changed once booked. Background checks before entry can bar visitors (10 years after a past incarceration, 5 after probation).

Full statewide rules: Visiting in Delaware

Overview

The Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution is Delaware’s one women’s prison. Because the state runs a unified correctional system with no county jails, every woman held at the prison level — awaiting trial or sentenced, minimum custody through maximum — is here, on Baylor Boulevard off US-13 between Wilmington and New Castle. The facility opened in 1991 and is named for Delores J. Baylor, the first African-American woman to serve as a warden in Delaware. Annual counts in recent years put the population around 295 women — well above the roughly 190 of 2020-2021, though monthly counts in 2026 have run somewhat lower.

The state’s women’s work-release and treatment facility, Hazel D. Plant, sits next door at 620 Baylor Boulevard — so a move “down the street” to Level IV custody keeps a family’s trip exactly the same.

What Makes Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution Different

Visiting days run by housing unit: Units 5 through 9 visit Sunday through Tuesday; Units 3 and 4 visit Thursday through Saturday. Knowing the person’s unit comes before planning the trip.
A public bus stops at the prison. DART Route 14 has a named, sheltered stop — “Baylor Women’s Correctional Inst” — connecting to Rodney Square in downtown Wilmington. The posted schedule shows weekday and Saturday service, so Sunday visitors (Units 5-9) should not count on the bus that day.
Money is allowed at visits here, unlike the men’s facilities: visitors may bring cash to deposit at the lobby kiosk or to buy a vending debit card to use in the visiting room.
The booking line keeps short hours — Monday through Wednesday only, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., scheduling visits for the following week.
Video visits have a published allowance here: most women may have one video visit per week, in 15- or 30-minute blocks, in addition to an in-person visit — the only Delaware facility with a posted video-visit frequency.
Pregnancy support is statutory: Delaware law requires doula and midwifery accommodation for pregnant and postpartum women at this level, with restraint restrictions in the second and third trimesters and through 13 weeks postpartum, and DOC’s annual report describes an active doula program through the Maternity Care Coalition. There is no prison nursery — proposed legislation never passed, so mothers and newborns are separated after delivery.

Visiting Hours and Procedures

The statewide rules above — phone scheduling, the dress code, and screening — apply at Baylor. What follows is specific to this facility.

Children under 18 visit with an adult, and for children under 16 any picture ID suffices. Visits can be contact or non-contact depending on circumstances, and split visits are not offered. Video visits are scheduled and paid through GettingOut — see Phone & Video Calls.

Getting There and Parking

Baylor Boulevard meets US-13 (DuPont Highway) near the I-95/I-495 junction south of Wilmington — and DOC publishes dedicated directions because the entrance is easy to miss: it is the first right after the traffic light at the DHSS Herman M. Holloway Sr. Campus, just before the interstate junction. DOC’s page for the neighboring facility on the same campus warns flatly against using GPS for directions — use DOC’s posted routes instead.

DOC publishes no visitor parking details. The Wilmington Amtrak/SEPTA station, a Route 14 ride away via downtown, connects the facility to Philadelphia without a car.

Nearby Services

The US-13 corridor by the facility has a 24-hour Wawa with fuel about a mile away and a Red Roof Inn on DuPont Highway. The nearest verified emergency room is ChristianaCare’s Wilmington Hospital at 501 W. 14th Street in Wilmington — about four miles north, with 24/7 emergency care and a Level III trauma center; the main line is (302) 733-1000.

Learn More

For detailed information about visiting and communicating with someone in a Delaware facility:

Visiting in Delaware — phone scheduling, dress code, and screening
Mail & Packages — the Las Vegas scanning address and white-envelope rule
Phone & Video Calls — the GettingOut account and five-number list
Sending Money — kiosks, ConnectNetwork, and the Dallas money-order address
Medical & Mental Health — co-pays, sick call, and pregnancy care
Transfers — how Delaware’s unified system moves people

Sources

This page is compiled from the following publicly available sources. Policies change without notice — confirm current details with the facility before relying on them.