The Latest on guards taken hostage by inmates at Delaware prison:2:45 p.m. The union representing guards at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, where guards have been taken hostage at the maximum security facility, reported that a corrections officer was assaulted there last week. Geoffrey Klopp, president of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware, said Wednesday he had been told by the Department of Correction commissioner that prison guards had been taken hostage. ___2:30 p.m.Delaware prisons have been put on lockdown following a reported hostage taking at the state's maximum security facility. A DOC spokeswoman said only that an emergency situation was reported at the Smyrna prison late Wednesday morning.

Source: Fox News February 01, 2017 21:06 UTC