Commissioner's Comments - West Virginia Division of Corrections
Commissioner's Comments - West Virginia Division of Corrections
Commissioner's Comments - West Virginia Division of Corrections
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Summer 2010<br />
Page 14<br />
IN Memory<br />
Randall Brake started as a Correctional Officer<br />
at Huttonsville Correctional Center on<br />
June 16, 1979, and on February 15, 1998, he<br />
moved into the Chaplain’s position. He was<br />
reallocated to <strong>Corrections</strong> Program Specialist<br />
Senior, on October 16, 2002, as two more<br />
Chaplains were added to the staff. Randy had<br />
a stroke while working at the facility on June<br />
16, 2008, and was transported to the hospital.<br />
He was never able to return to work and retired<br />
effective July 1, 2009. Randy passed away on<br />
August 2, 2010.<br />
Huttonsville Correctional Center recently<br />
had two other employees pass away. Thomas<br />
Walden (pictured on left) was hired as a Correctional<br />
Officer in February 2008; he passed<br />
away on September 3, 2010.<br />
Joretta Coleman was hired as an Office Assistant<br />
II in December 2007 and promoted to<br />
Chaplain in July 2009. Joretta’s battle with<br />
cancer ended on August 31, 2010.<br />
The <strong>Corrections</strong> Connection is a newsletter<br />
published quarterly by the<br />
WV <strong>Division</strong> <strong>of</strong> Correctcions<br />
Office <strong>of</strong> Research & Planning<br />
WV <strong>Division</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Corrections</strong><br />
1409 Greenbrier Street<br />
Charleston, WV 25305<br />
Phone: (304) 558-2036<br />
Fax: (304)558-5934<br />
Website: www.wv.doc.com<br />
Jim Rubenstein, Commissioner<br />
William Haines, Deputy Commissioner<br />
Brad Douglas, Director<br />
Rebecca Hildebrand, Research Analyst<br />
Karen Nichols, Research Assistant<br />
Kathi Thompson, Office Assistant<br />
Institution<br />
News<br />
Training and<br />
Information<br />
Victim<br />
Awareness<br />
<strong>West</strong><strong>Virginia</strong><br />
<strong>Corrections</strong><br />
Connection<br />
Parole Services<br />
Programs &<br />
Community Service<br />
Cpl. Rhonda Bennett passed away on September<br />
7, 2010, after a long battle with cancer.<br />
Cpl. Bennett was hired at St. Mary’s Correctional<br />
Center on June 1, 1998 as a Correctional<br />
Officer I, after being employed at the former<br />
Colin Anderson Center.<br />
On February 27, 2002 she was selected for<br />
Controlled Dangerous Substance K-9 Officer<br />
and after completing at 13-week training<br />
course with K-9 Raven (her first dog), she was<br />
promoted to the rank <strong>of</strong> Corporal on May 31,<br />
2002. She was teamed up with her new and<br />
current K-9 partner Champ in 2003.<br />
These individuals will be missed by their <strong>Corrections</strong> Family.<br />
We welcome all employees to<br />
submit articles, letters, pictures, and/or ideas<br />
to be included in future issues <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Corrections</strong> Connection.<br />
Please send submissions to<br />
Rebecca Hildebrand via email<br />
(Rebecca.L.Hildebrand@wv.gov) in Micros<strong>of</strong>t Word format.<br />
Pictures need to be saved as a bitmap (.bmp) or jpeg<br />
image and attached in a separate file.<br />
All information received will be subject to editing.