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Proclamation - Correctional Officers' Week

Date: May 1, 2005
Issues: Criminal Justice


Governor's Proclamation

WHEREAS, correctional officers continually demonstrate their commitment to
ensuring our public safety, supervising incarcerated offenders
and effectively providing custody and care of sentenced adults
and adjudicated juveniles; and

WHEREAS, correctional officers are essential to the success of our judicial
process and to the health, safety, and general welfare of law
abiding South Carolinians; and

WHEREAS, the work of correctional officers includes daily exposure to a
hostile environment with some of the most dangerous
individuals in our society; and

WHEREAS, correctional officers throughout the Palmetto State dutifully
perform their work with courage, pride, and true
professionalism, upholding the highest standards of servant
leadership.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mark Sanford, Governor of the Great State of
South Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 1 - 7, 2005, as

CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS' WEEK

throughout the state and encourage all South Carolinians to recognize the
many contributions made by correctional officers to the safety and quality of
life of our residents and to honor those officers who have sacrificed their lives
in the line of duty.

http://www.scgovernor.com/uploads/proclamations/CorrectionalOfficers.pdf

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