| R 210 |
| 2016 -- H 8155 Enacted 05/04/2016 |
| 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 |
| 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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