Category: News
Project 2000 – XXXIV
The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation will be hosting PROJECT 2000 XXXIV in St. Louis, Missouri From June 15 – June 18, 2023. The annual memorial service honoring Correctional Staff who lost their lives in the Line of Duty will take place Friday, June 16, 2023. Attendees are limited to 500 for this event, be sure […]
American Jails
The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation is proud to have worked with staff and families of jails across the nation. Please read this article in the American Jails September/October 2024 issue regarding the impact CPOF has been able to have on American Jails by Vice-Chairman Don Dease.
Alexander Correctional Institution – North Carolina
The Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville, North Carolina houses close custody offenders in single cells and minimum-custody offenders in dormitories in a 252-bed minimum-security unit. Sergeant Jennifer Parker and Captain Stephanie Miller wanted to promote awareness for Women working in the Corrections profession. They designed and sold t-shirts and hot dogs to raise $3,696.00! The […]
National Correctional Officers Week
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan issued Proclamation 5187 (see below), declaring the week beginning May 6, 1984, as “National Correctional Officers Week.” This proclamation, “in recognition of the contributions of correctional officers to our nation,” noted that the position of correctional officer “is essential to the day-to-day operations of these institutions [prisons and jails]; without […]
“Taking Care of Our Own” in New York
Meet Correctional Officer Mark Miller. Officer Miller was first introduced to CPOF when his 16 year old daughter, Ysabella, had a tumor on her kidney that had to be removed in 2018. The Miller family had never heard of CPOF prior to this event. CPOF is incredibly fortunate to have contacts at multiple facilities throughout […]
Correctional Officer Richard Bianchi – EOW June 25, 2020
We want to thank Lt. Jon Sieberg from High Desert State Prison (HDSP) for providing this update on fallen officer Richard Bianchi. High Desert State Prison (HDSP) staff honored fallen Correctional Officer Richard Bianchi during National Police Week in Washington, D.C. Escorting Bianchi’s family to the National Peace Officers Memorial Service were: Associate Warden […]
ACA Winter Conference 2024
ACA held their 2024 Winter Conference in one of the most patriotic places one could be, our Nation’s Capital. Part of the event was held at the National Law Enforcement Officer Museum. A memorial was held to honor the over 900 Correctional Professionals who lost their lives in their chosen professional. CPOF would […]
Correctional Officer III Helen Smith – EOW: February 3, 2022
While responding to a disturbance in a dorm, Correctional Officer III Helen Smith of Pasquotank Correctional Institution, encountered an inmate who was trying to exit the dorm while surrounded by several other inmates. Officer Smith radioed for the slider door to open, and pulled the inmate out of the dorm. He became combative and struggled […]
Detention Officer Jeremiah Story – EOW: June 22, 2022
Perry County Sheriff’s Office, Arkansas On June 22, 2022, Detention Officer Jeremiah Story was processing a subject into the Perry County Detention Center, who had been arrested for driving while intoxicated. He and a trustee took the subject into the restroom to supervise as he changed into jail-issued clothing. The subject became […]
Oklahoma State Prison – 1914
Before Oklahoma became a state in 1907, felons convicted in the Oklahoma Territory were sent to the Kansas State Penitentiary located in Lansing, Kansas. Upon statehood, Kate Barnard became the Oklahoma Commissioner of Charities and Corrections. She first visited the Kansas prison during the summer of 1908 after many Oklahoma inmates had began […]
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