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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 5TH THROUGH MAY 10TH 2014, TO BE "THE

RHODE ISLAND BROTHERHOOD OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK"

     Introduced By: Representatives Costa, Guthrie, Casey, Craven, and Trillo

     Date Introduced: May 06, 2014

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers consists of

approximately 1,300 highly trained, professional and dedicated public servants guarding

approximately 3,200 inmates on a daily basis, many of whom are violent and dangerous. They

protect the public and are responsible for the prisoner's custody, care and reform. They work

tirelessly and diligently in a stressful and demanding environment where every day at work has

the potential to instantly become a very dangerous place for any correctional officer; and

     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers was started

approximately forty years ago in the wake of a scandal-ridden environment in Rhode Island in

which a poorly run prison system was a perpetually dangerous environment for the guards,

administrators and the prisoners themselves, as well as a national embarrassment to the citizens of

Rhode Island. Today, thanks to Rhode Island's leadership and the many hard working men and

women devoted to creating and maintaining a secure and safe prison system in Rhode Island, our

state has one of the very best prison systems in the nation; and

     WHEREAS, As Rhode Island citizens go about their daily business, we should never

forget, and be eternally grateful to, the brave and diligent men and women of the Rhode Island

Brotherhood of Correctional Officers who guard Rhode Island's inmates and ensure that none of

those incarcerated inmates will pose a danger to the general public; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby proclaims the week of May 5th through May 10th, 2014, to be

"Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers Week" in Rhode Island; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Richard Ferruccio, President, Rhode Island

Brotherhood of Correctional Officers.

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