CORRECTION PROFESSIONALS WILL BE HONORED AT AWARDS CEREMONY ON MAY 13, 2011 AT Noon AT STATE HOUSE

Milford (May 12, 2011)-Secretary of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) Mary Elizabeth Heffernan, EOPSS Undersecretary for Criminal Justice Sandra M. McCroom, and Department of Correction Acting Commissioner Luis S. Spencer as well as County Sheriffs and other elected officials will recognize correctional employees for their bravery and dedication to public service at the 2011 Correctional Employees of the Year 14th Annual Awards.

WHERE:

House of Representatives Chamber at Massachusetts State House

WHEN:

Friday, May13 at Noon

WHO:

-Mary Elizabeth Heffernan, Secretary, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

-Sandra M. McCroom, Undersecretary for Criminal Justice, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

-Luis S. Spencer, Acting Commissioner, Mass. Dept. of Correction

-County Sheriffs

-Elected Officials

-A Number of State and County Correction Professionals

BACKGROUND

Each year the state's 14 sheriffs and the Massachusetts Commissioner of Correction nominate exemplary employees for the prestigious award. A selection committee comprised of leaders from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, the Massachusetts Department of Correction, the Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association, the Massachusetts Correction Officer Federated Union and the offices of Senator James E. Timilty and Rep. Harold P. Naughton Jr. decides which employees will be honored.