North
Carolina Department of Correction - Correction News - January
1999
News Briefs
Employees at
Marion help co-worker
Employees at Marion Correctional Institution
recently raised $1,540 to help fund a kidney transplant for their
co-worker, Milton Conley.
Conley, a correctional officer at Marion, was
diagnosed with kidney failure in September. His co-workers’
most recent fund-raiser was a fish and chicken dinner sale.
Members of the preparation committee for the project were Mike
Long, Luisa Swofford, Gus Patton, Ed Morton, Mike Harriman, Betty
Lewis, Richard Thomas, Theresa Rutherford, April Shope, Gary
Rhymer, Jeff Hudgins, Keith Whitman and Ricky Anderson.
"This is something that’s just
overwhelming," Conley said. "A show of love,
that’s what this is. These people are great to work with,
and they’re great friends."
Alamance makes
a difference
Working as a group, the staff of Alamance
Correctional Center, contributed their time and efforts to a
worthwhile cause on "Make a Difference Day".
The staff organized an in-house food drive for
the Food Pantry, sponsored by the Mt. Zion Baptist Association.
Under the guidance of Food Pantry Director Ann Perry, the staff
collected two large boxes of dried and canned goods including
picnic hams, tuna, peanut butter, coffee and fruits. Paper
products and soap were also added to the shopping list.
Members of Alamance’s inmate service club,
the Cougars, also participated by making a cash donation of $200
to the Food Pantry.
Sergeant helps
neighbor, subdues intruder
Ricky Ward, a sergeant at Johnston Correctional
Center, was getting ready for work one recent evening when he was
called on to help a neighbor who was involved in a
life-threatening situation.
Ward first learned his neighbor was in trouble
when a friend of his neighbor’s came to his house looking
for help. She had been talking with the neighbor on the phone
when the neighbor had a knock at the door. She heard a man’s
voice talking to the neighbor and then the phone was
disconnected.
Ward told his wife and the friend to call 911
while he grabbed his pistol and went next door. He circled the
house to try to determine if the intruder was still inside the
house with his neighbor. While assessing the situation, Ward
heard quick, heavy footsteps inside the house and a man’s
voice. Ward quietly walked up on the deck at the front door to
check for activity in the living room. Ward’s neighbor was
lying on the couch with blood coming from her head. Blood was on
her hands, face and also on the carpet. A man was sitting on the
edge of the couch holding the neighbor by her hair. The
neighbor’s son was standing in the doorway of the room,
holding his head and crying.
Ward entered the house and pointed his pistol
at the man and told him to hold his hands where he could see them
and to kneel on the floor. Ward handcuffed the man and told the
neighbor and her son to go to his house. Ward searched the man
for weapons and found none. He then escorted him outside and told
him to sit on the ground until the police could arrive. A
cordless phone was on the living room floor. It had been busted
open. In just a few minutes the Sheriff’s deputy arrived and
took charge of the situation.
Ward’s neighbor was taken to the hospital
by ambulance.
Lt. J.D. Weaver said Ward acted in a brave and
heroic manner to help his neighbor while placing his own life in
harm’s way.
Staff and
inmates at Wilmington Residential Facility prepare gifts for
children
| Staff and inmates at Wilmington
Residential Facility participated in a project to help
the Samritan’s Purse over the holidays. Each year, the Samaritan’s Purse, based in
Boone, reaches millions of children through Operation
Christmas Child. Volunteers are asked to fill a shoe box
with items for a boy or girl. These shoe boxes are then
shipped to 43 different countries throughout the world.
A total of 12 boxes were completed by
three staff members and 11 inmates. Some of the boxes
were shared by more than one inmate in purchasing the
gifts. A great deal of thought went into the gift
purchases, and several inmates knitted items for the
boxes.
|
 Staff member Peggy Henderson and inmate Ella
Rooks load up the
gifts they helped prepare for Operation Christmas Child.
|
Employee of
the Quarter
The Controller’s Office has named Jean
Burke, systems accountant II, Employee of the Quarter for the
period July through September and Payroll Clerk Hilda Jones
Employee of the Quarter for August through October. u
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