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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 1ST THROUGH MAY 7, 2016, TO BE "NATIONAL

CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE

ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Costa, Morin, Messier, Melo, and Edwards

     Date Introduced: May 04, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, National Correctional Officers Week was first proclaimed on May 5, 1984,

by President Ronald Reagan when he signed Proclamation 5187 creating "National Correctional

Officers Week" to recognize the men and women who work in jails, prisons, and community

correctional fields across the country; and

     WHEREAS, In 1996, The United States Congress officially changed this designation to

the "National Correctional Officers and Employees Week"; and

     WHEREAS, National Correctional Officers and Employees Week has been designated

as the Week of May 1st through May 7th, 2016, by the United States Department of Justice and

the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and

     WHEREAS, National Correctional Officers and Employees Week honors the work of

correctional employees and correctional personnel for their service with honor, respect and

integrity; and

     WHEREAS, National Correctional Officers and Employees Week raises the awareness of

the duties, hazards, and sacrifices made by correctional officers and employees; and

     WHEREAS, National Correctional Officers and Employees Week in Rhode Island

recognizes employees of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections and the members of the

Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers for their role in safeguarding the citizens of

the State of Rhode Island by providing safe, secure, and humane incarceration of offenders within

their custody; 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 1st through May 7th, 2016, to be

"National Correctional Officers and Employees Week" in the State of Rhode Island; and be it

further

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

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Ashbel T. Wall, Director, Rhode Island

Department of Corrections, and Richard Ferruccio, President, Rhode Island Brotherhood of

Correctional Officers.

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