Award winners honored at ACA's 132nd Congress of Correction. (Award List).Each year at the Congress of Correction, several individuals and organizations are honored for their outstanding contributions to the corrections field. The American Correctional Association The American Correctional Association is an association of providers of services to prisons in the United States. It holds an annual trade show where products used in prisons are shown to prospective purchasers. It was formerly known as the American Prison Association. would like to congratulate the following award recipients, as well as any others who were recognized in Anaheim this past August. American Correctional Association Blanche L. La Du Award Michigan Correctional Association Exemplary Offender Award Akron Municipal Family Violence Court Commission on Accreditation For Corrections Walter E. Dunbar Award Glenn S. Goord, commissioner New York Department of Correctional Services Chairman's Award Deborah Burnette Weaver, probation/parole manager Tennessee Department of Correction The Tennessee Department of Correction is a Cabinet-level agency within the Tennessee state government, headed by the Tennessee Commissioner of Correction, who is currently George Little. Commitment to Excellence Award Donal Campbell, commissioner Tennessee Department of Correction Correctional Industries Association Rodli Award Paul Petit, former director Rhode Island Correctional Industries Staff Award Terry Lischka, Badger State Industries, Wisconsin; Robert Martin, Silver State Industries, Nevada; Sherrie Schachle, TRICOR, Tennessee; Helen Smith, Mississippi Prison Industries Corp.; and David Ziegler, Pennsylvania Correctional Industries North American Association of Wardens arid Superintendents Warden of the Year Emmitt Sparkman, superintendent Mississippi State Penitentiary Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm, is the oldest prison and the only maximum security prison in the state of Mississippi, USA. It is located on 18,000 acres (73 km²) in Parchman, Mississippi, and was built in 1901. It has beds for 4,840 inmates. Award of Valor Paul Lee Jones, senior correctional officer Corrections Corporation of America's South Central Correctional Center in Clifton, Tenn. The Salvation Army Chaplains of the Year Judith Coleman, executive director and founder Daystar Center for Spiritual Recovery The Rev. Dr. Larry L. Coleman, chaplain Dauphin County Prison, Harrisburg, Pa. Volunteers of America Volunteers of America, national nondenominational organization providing a wide variety of human services as part of a Christian ministry of service. Founded (1896) by Ballington and Maud Booth (see Booth, family) after their withdrawal from the Salvation Army, the Maud Booth Award George M. Keiser, chief Community Corrections Division National Institute of Corrections The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is an agency of the United States government. It is part of the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. Also, six corrections professionals were awarded certification after successfully completing the Certified Corrections Executive, Certified Corrections Manager or Certified Corrections Officer exam Saturday, Aug. 3: Claude W.R. Allen, CJM CJM Canadian Journal of Mathematics CJM Corporate Jet Management CJM Congregation of Jesus and Mary (religious order) CJM Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco CJM Chantiers Jeunes Maroc , CCE CCE Cornell Cooperative Extension CCE Corporate and Continuing Education CCE Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. CCE Commission de Coopération Environnementale CCE Centre for Continuing Education CCE College of Continuing Education CCE Certified Computer Examiner (California); Sheila K. Bingham, CCM CCM Contemporary Christian Music CCM Critical Care Medicine CCM County College of Morris (New Jersey) CCM Chama Cha Mapinduzi (political party, Tanzania) CCM CORBA Component Model (Ohio); Ronald Hutchinson, CCE (Maryland); Fred W. Myer III, CCO (Nevada); Michael Kent Siegling, CCO (California); and J. Craig Turnbull, CCE (Alaska). |
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