2008 Best in the Business list of submissions: the following corrections personnel were submitted for the 2008 Best in the Business issue. Many thanks to the correctional agencies and ACA chapters and affiliates for this year's submissions.California Mark Bravo, supervising registered nurse, Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Paul Diaz, youth correctional officer, Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, DCR DCR Department of Conservation and Recreation DCR Decrease DCR Digital Cable Ready (television) DCR Dark Crisis (Yu-Gi-Oh! cards) DCR Debt Coverage Ratio DCR Dacryocystorhinostomy ; Don Jeske, nurse practitioner, Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, DCR; Anthony Jordan, youth correctional officer, Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, DCR; Ken Marks, youth corrections) counselor, Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, DCR; Joel Martin, correctional officer, Folsom State Prison  The introduction to this article may be too long. Please help improve the introduction by moving some material from it into the body of the article according to the suggestions at , DCR; Steven
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Colorado Brian Braden, life safety coordinator, Fremont Correctional Facility, DOC; Barbara Holmes, coordinator, Faith and Citizens Group, Buena Vista Correctional Complex, DOC; James Hughes, supervisor, LaVista General Service group, Correctional Industries; Wanda Keater, correctional officer, LaVista General Service group, Correctional Industries; Eric LeTendre, supervisor, LaVista General Service group, Correctional Industries; Mike McConnel, correctional officer, LaVista General Service group, Correctional Industries; Donald Nunez, lieutenant, Youthful Offender System, DOC; Tony Richey, supervisor, LaVista General Service group, Correctional Industries Connecticut Valerie Light, deputy warden, Northern Correctional Institution Northern Correctional Institution is a high-security state prison in Somers, Connecticut, USA. It the designated restrictive housing facility for the Connecticut Department of Correction, managing those inmates who have demonstrated a serious inability to adjust to , DOC; Patricia Ottolini, director, Health and Addiction Services, DOC; David Potz, correctional food service supervisor III, Garner CI, DOC District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). John Mein and Robert Sutton, recreational specialists, Oak Hill Youth Center, Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services Florida George Sapp, assistant secretary of institutions, Central Office, DOC; Barbara Scala, Region II director, Community Corrections, DOC Georgia Mordie Askew, assistant director, Sumter Youth Development Campus, DJJ DJJ Department of Juvenile Justice DJJ Division of Juvenile Justice DJJ David J Joseph Company ; William Samuel, director, Muscogee Youth Development Campus, DJJ Illinois Tina Butler, senior patrol agent, District 5, DOC; Vincente Nerio, correctional officer, Lincoln Correctional Center, DOC; Michael Range, correctional officer, Stateville Correctional Center Stateville Correctional Center is a maximum security state prison for men in Crest Hill, Illinois, USA. History Opened in 1925, Stateville was built to accommodate 1,506 inmates. , DOC; Kess Roberson, youth supervisor II, Youth Center - Harrisburg, DJJ; Gather Warnsley, correctional residence counselor I, Decatur Adult Transition Center, DOC Indiana Jeffery Batchelor, correctional captain, Indiana State Prison The Indiana State Prison is located in Michigan City, Indiana about 50 miles east of Chicago.[1] It is a maximum security prison for adult males; however, minimum security housing also exists on the confines. , DOC; William "Bill" Elliot, director, Mental Health Services, DOC Iowa Robin Malmberg, lead instructor, Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility, DOC; John Mathes, superintendent, Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility, DOC; Bennye Savala, correctional counselor, Clarinda Correctional Facility The Clarinda Correctional Facility is a correctional institution located in the Page County community of Clarinda, Iowa. It is in southwest Iowa on the grounds of the Mental Health Institute. currently the prison houses about 906 inmates, and employs 286 people. , DOC; Steve Wendl, correctional counselor, Anamosa State Penitentiary Anamosa State Penitentiary is a medium security prison for men. It is located in the Jones County community of Anamosa, Iowa - approximately 25 miles northeast of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Currently the penitentiary is home to about 1250 inmates, and has 357 staff members. , DOC Kansas Julie Utt, deputy warden, Winfield Correctional Facility, DOC Kentucky Sherlonda Gray, corrections training instructor, DJJ; Leigh Ann Meade, youth worker supervisor, Boyd Regional Juvenile Detention Center, DJJ; Otis Dwayne Mills, superintendent, Adair Youth Development Center, DJJ; Dawn Wilkerson, corrections training instructor, DJJ Louisiana Jolene Constance, assistant warden, C. Paul Phelps Correctional Center, Department of Public Safety and Corrections; Eugenie Powers, director, Division of Probation and Parole, DPSC DPSC Defense Personnel Support Center DPSC Dr. Pepper StarCenter (Frisco, TX) DPSC Dental Pulp Stem Cell DPSC Data Processing Service Center DPSC Dufferin-Peel Skating Club (Canada) ; John Smith and K-9 Arno, lieutenant colonel, Dixon Correctional Institute, DPSC Maryland Frank Rhodes, captain, Eastern Correctional Institution, DOC; Laura Schroeder, agent II, Division of Parole and Probation Massachusetts Brian Bauch, correction officer, North Central Correctional Institution, DOC; Stephen Hirons, recreation officer, North Central Correctional Institution, DOC; Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos, correction officer, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, DOC; Khalid Khan, physician, Bridgewater State Hospital, DOC; Eileen Simas, correction program officer III, Souza Baranowski Correctional Center, DOC Michigan James MacMeekin, regional prison administrator, Region I, DOC Missouri William Bravo, corrections officer II, Western Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center, DOC; James Clement, Mike Lawson, Orville McDonald, Rachel McMunn and Derek Payne, corrections officers, Potosi Correctional Center Potosi Correctional Center (PCC) is located on 140 acres approximately two miles east of Potosi, Missouri. The first facility in the state to be built under the lease/purchase concept received its first inmates in February 1989. , DOC; Albert Gene Purtle, volunteer, Western Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center, DOC Montana Kathy Haugland, adult basic education teacher, Montana State Prison, DOC Nebraska Doris DeSutter, food service director, Community Corrections Center - Omaha, Department of Correctional Services; Lorna Ellinger, unit caseworker, Community Corrections Center - Lincoln, DCS; Doug Eltiste, key control corporal, Tecumseh State Correctional Institution The Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) is a medium/maximum security state correctional institution for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. TSCI, located in 2 miles north of Tecumseh, Nebraska, was established in 1997. , DCS; Conchita Kroeger, administrative assistant I, DCS; Jay Miller (deceased), buyer II, Purchasing Department, DCS New York Howard Dean, director, Nutritional Services, Food Production Center, Department of Correctional Services New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Stephen Cumberbatch, captain, Queens Detention Complex, DOC; Marcial Garcia, correction officer, Transportation Division, DOC; Yvette Hamilton, correction officer, Rose M. Singer Center, DOC; Eric Watson, correction officer, Transportation Division, DOC; Daniel Williams, captain, Emergency Service Unit, DOC Ohio Cliff Crooks, human resources and information administrator, Parole and Community Service, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; Steve Van Dine, chief, Bureau of Research, DRC; Jeffrey Wolfe, warden, Noble Correctional Institution, DRC Oregon Greg Atkin, inmate work programs administrator, Central Office, DOC; Brian Belleque, superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP), the first state prison in Oregon, United States, was originally located in Portland in 1851. In 1866 it was moved to a 26-acre site in Salem and enclosed by a reinforced concrete wall averaging 25 feet in height. , DOC; Laura Billing, data warehouse administrator, Central Office, DOC; Douglas Farris, institution chaplain, Oregon State Correctional Institution, DOC; Hubert "Joe" Giblin, health service manager, Oregon State Correctional Institution, DOC; David Heehn, acting operations captain, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, DOC; Donald Pack, ISSD ISSD International Society for the Study of Dissociation ISSD Info-Structure Security Dialogue ISSD Information Systems Security Division ISSD Installation Supply & Services Division ISSD International Symposium on Spatial Databases developer, Central Distribution Center, DOC; Cecil Reaves, correctional officer, Oregon State Penitentiary, DOC; Kelly Shannon, eyeglass eye·glass n. 1. eyeglasses Glasses for the eyes. 2. A single lens in a pair of glasses; a monocle. 3. See eyepiece. 4. See eyecup. program coordinator, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility/Portland Community College Pennsylvania Mark Brown, correctional officer, State Correctional Institution Mahanoy, DOC; Daniel Brozovich (deceased), labor foreman, State Regional Correctional Facility Mercer, DOC; Susan Fazzini, drug and alcohol treatment specialist, SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec. (hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART. Greene, DOC; Brian Henderson, correctional officer/K-9 handler, DOC; Michael Lubinsky, correctional officer, SCI Fayette, DOC; Christopher Mickulicz, correctional officer, SCI Fayette, DOC Philadelphia Frederick Abello Jr., correctional captain, Philadelphia Prison System South Carolina Roy Albery, program coordinator I, Walden Correctional Institution, DOC; Amahl Bennett, York County Director, DJJ; Timothy Bunch, program manager and lead teacher, Communities in Schools, DJJ; Daryl Giddings, division director, Facilities Management and Prison Industries, DOC; Marvin Haygood, lieutenant, Midlands Evaluation Center, DJJ; Sherry Lopez, captain, Coastal Pre-release Center, DOC; Kathy Small, major, Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution Overview Camille Griffin Graham Correction Institution is a L3/maximum-security & special needs state prison for women in Columbia, South Carolina. The Women’s Reception and Evaluation Center, which process all females entering South Carolina Prison system (SCDC). , DOC; Robert "Bob" Ward, director of operations, DOC; Martha June Wise, teacher, Trenton Correctional Institution, DOC Tennessee Jim Cosby, assistant commissioner, Rehabilitative Services, DOC Texas Helen George, quality assurance administrator, Houston District, Texas Youth Commission; Rebecca "Becky" Price, director, Classification and Records, Department of Criminal Justice; Jerry Sebastian, community volunteer, Gainesville State School, TYC Virginia William Clay, correctional officer, Nottoway Correctional Center Nottoway Correctional Center is an all-male state prison in Burkeville, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA. A low-security work center is on the same site. Nottoway, as a Level 4 security facility, has inmates serving long term sentences, including single, multiple, and life , DOC; Martha Davis, corrections lieutenant, Buckingham Correctional Center Buckingham Correctional Center is a state prison located on 968 acres (3.9 km²) outside the town of Dillwyn in Buckingham County, Virginia, USA. , DOC; Christy Jamerson, dental assistant, Buckingham Correctional Center, DOC; Arlene Monroe, licensed practical nurse li·censed practical nurse n. Abbr. LPN A nurse who has completed a practical nursing program and is licensed by a state to provide routine patient care under the direction of a registered nurse or a physician. , Buckingham Correctional Center, DOC; Michael Monroe, correctional officer, Buckingham Correctional Center, DOC; Eva Moore, corrections lieutenant, Buckingham Correctional Center, DOC; Patricia Terrangi, senior warden, Indian Creek Correctional Center, DOC; Kathleen Weaver, correctional officer, Buckingham Correctional Center, DOC; Amy Williams, licensed practical nurse, Buckingham Correctional Center, DOC; Eliza Willis, treatment program supervisor, Nottoway Correctional Center, DOC Washington Antonia Alvarado-Jackson, correctional specialist III, Washington State Penitentiary The Washington State Penitentiary is located at Walla Walla, Washington. It is the largest prison in the state, with an operating capacity of 1,825. It is the site of Washington State's Death Row and where executions are carried out. It is currently located at 1313 N. , DOC; Kathryn Bail, assistant deputy secretary, IT Services, DOC; Marilyn Perry, regional administrator, Region 5 Office, Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration; Paulette Thompson, correctional officer 2/workcrew supervisor, DOC West Virginia Pam Baldwin, unit manager, Charleston Work Release Center, DOC; Linda Scott, facility director, Northern Regional Juvenile Center, Youth Services Systems Inc. Wisconsin Daniel Dolgner, social worker, Fox Lake Correctional Institution, DOC; Jeffrey Endicott, warden, Redgranite Correctional Institution The Redgranite Correctional Institution is a medium security adult male correctional institution located in Redgranite, Wisconsin, in the United States. The prison is operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. , DOC; Kurt Hein, sergeant, Fox Lake Correctional Institution, DOC; Donna Rae Mahr (deceased), volunteer coordinator, Community Connections, Oakhill Correctional Institution; Steve Rolzin, adult basic education teacher, Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution, DOC Wyoming Michael Murphy, warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary, DOC ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture Chapters/Affiliates Alston Wilkes Society Amahl Bennett, James W. Sparks Youth Worker of the Year; Lance Cpl. David E. Davis For other persons of the same name, see David Davis. David E. Davis, Jr. is an automobile journalist and magazine publisher. His career in the automotive industry spanned from race car driver, factory worker and car salesman to ad salesman with Road & Track , Law Enforcement Trooper of the Year; Cpl. Patrick Ford, Olin Sanders Correctional Officer of the Year; Kevin Goddard, Part-Time Employee of the Year; Hood Construction Co. Inc., Veterans Home Volunteer of the Year; Pfc. Candy Johnson, Law Enforcement Officer of the Year; Cecile N. Makhuli, William C. Nau Federal Probation Officer of the Year; Jeannette Peoples, Employee of the Year; Vivian Schoultz and Joe Schoultz, Foster Parents of the Year; Mark Taylor, Volunteer of the Year Minnesota Corrections Association David Hegg, DOC, Corrections Person of the Year; Keeping Staff Safe Committee, Arrowhead Regional Corrections, Residents Award; Tim Lanz, DOC, Professional Achievement Award; Keith Mills, Tri-County Community Corrections, Professional Achievement Award; Michelle Smith, Minnesota Correctional Facility - Stillwater The Minnesota Correction Facility - Stillwater (MCF-STW) is a state prison for men in Minnesota, USA. Built in 1914 and located in Bayport, Washington County, it houses 1300 Level 4 inmates in 7 Different Living Areas. , Board of Director's Award National Juvenile Detention Association Joyce Burrell, James E. Gould Leadership and Vision Award; Bernie Glos, Donald R. Hammergren Award; Joanne Smith, Hill/Grimm Member of the Year Award; Mike Finley, Florida DJJ's Quality Assurance Division, Jim Moeser, Vivian Murphy and John Rhoads, Service and Advocacy Award Utah Correctional Association Jerry Buie, Private Provider Award; Kevin Goodrich, Citizen Award; Richard Taylor, Volunteer Award |
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