Category: Member Stories

Kaleigh Hunt – Scholarship Recipient

Congratulations to Kaleigh Hunt, another 2023 scholarship recipient!  Thank you for the great letter and photo!   Hello! This is Kaleigh Hunt, a recent recipient of the Dave Romay Scholarship!! I am writing to express my gratitude towards this generous scholarship!! I will use these funds to help me further my education & achieve my […]

Hannah Hoang – Scholarship Recipient

Hannah Hoang is another one of this year’s scholarship recipients! Dear CPOF Scholarship Office, Thank you for your generosity in offering me a scholarship award for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. Thank you for supporting my journey through higher education! Best regards, Hannah Hoang

Gracie O’Hare – Scholarship Recipient

Gracie O’Hare sent in this great photo and email thanking CPOF for her scholarship award!  Congratulations Gracie and best wishes for continued success in your education!     Thank you very much for this scholarship! I appreciate the help this organization has given me towards furthering my education.

Ella Sockman

CPOF is proud to offer scholarships to Correctional Staff and their families each year. In the coming weeks we will share more about how the scholarship program started and some of this years beneficiaries. Today, meet Ella Sockman.     If you think that young man posing with her looks familiar, you’re probably right! Ella […]

Glenn Mueller – EOW Last Call

Glenn Mueller, one of the founding fathers of CPOF, died in 2022. Glenn, a retired warden of Folsom State Prison had his memorial service near prison grounds. As a tribute to all he’s done for corrections, his last call was played on prison grounds and during his service.

Jim Brown – Last Call

Jim Brown as not only a board member, but he also retired as a Lieutenant at Folsom State Prison and continued to run the prison museum for over 20 years following his retirement. His celebration of life was held near the ground of Folsom State Prison and his last call was broadcast simultaneously at the […]

John Bray – Rhode Island Brotherhood of Corrections

The Rhode Island Brotherhood of Corrections has been one of the top supports of The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation since it’s formation. They are one of the first states to join when the organization went Nationwide and they continue to support CPOF and PROJECT 2000 each and every year. Please listen to their Honor Guard […]

Angela Lujan – National Honor Guard

Angela Lujan serves as the Assistant Commander for the National Honor Guard team. She is based out of San Quentin, California and has been at PROJECT 2000 for the past several years. Her dedication to the National Honor Guard team does not go unnoticed by the rest of the team or the families that she […]

Sing Sing Honor Guard

Each year for PROJECT 2000, Honor Guard teams from across this great nation come together to honor the correctional staff who have lost their lives in the line of duty.  For each attendee, the experience is different. For each member of an Honor Guard team, what inspires them to be a part of something so […]

Central MS Correctional Facility

    Central MS Correctional Facility, (CMCF) in Rankin County, Mississippi, celebrated their staff during the Correctional Appreciation Week. Correctional Peace Officers Foundation Field Representative Vanessa Lee  was able to attend two of the events which included a Health Screening. This screening was able to give staff more insight of their health and how to […]