Category: News
Be the Difference: Become a Voice for CPOF at Your Facility
The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation (CPOF) exists because of people like you—those who believe in the power of community, compassion, and commitment to supporting our own. As we continue to grow, we rely on dedicated individuals within correctional facilities across the country to help us expand our reach and strengthen our mission. Every facility needs […]
Honoring a Founding Father: Glenn Mueller’s Legacy Lives On
Honoring a Founding Father: Glenn Mueller’s Legacy Lives On At the heart of every strong organization is a driving force—someone whose vision, perseverance, and unwavering dedication lay the groundwork for something far greater than themselves. For the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation (CPOF), that person was Glenn Mueller. Glenn Mueller was one of the original founders […]
Honoring the Backbone of Our Justice System: National Correctional Officers and Employees Week
Each year during the first full week of May, our nation takes time to recognize and honor the dedicated individuals who serve in one of the most challenging and often overlooked professions: corrections. Known officially as National Correctional Officers and Employees Week, this observance pays tribute to the correctional officers and all correctional staff who […]
NABCJ – Oklahoma
Field representative Annie Norman, Volunteer Field Representative Debbie Moore, and Volunteer Marlon Moore proudly represented CPOF at the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice Conference. While there, they were able to meet up with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections Honor Guard Team and present a scholarship on behalf of the event to a […]
Learn more about the CPOF Board of Directors
Correctional Peace Officers Foundation Board of Directors The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation’s board of directors includes 7 individuals with a correctional background and a passion for being there for their brothers and sisters behind the wall and beyond. CPOF was founded in 1984 by 5 correctional officers who wanted to be proactive in assisting correctional […]
The Retirement of Don Dease
Don Dease began his Correctional Career in 1974 as a Recreational Coordinator at MacDougall Youth Institution in South Carolina. From May 1976 through February 1980 he held various positions including Deputy Warden and Administrative Assistant. In February 1980 he was named Warden at Dutchman Correctional Region and promoted to Regional Director in 1983. Don served […]
Chris Isbill with Daviess County Detention Center in Kentucky
Officer Isbill was assigned to supervise an inmate work crew. During their duties, Officer Isbill and the work crew were barely missed by a semi-truck where the driver had lost control as he was approaching a collision that happened just a few minutes earlier. The semi-truck flipped over on its roof and the driver […]
Join Our Family
The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation was founded with the simple goal of “taking care of our own.” It is truly a family that takes care of one another during the hardest moments and celebrates everyone’s happiest times. CPOF is the family that is there to be with you during loss, illness, and helping you and […]
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 […]
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