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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.

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