Jackson – The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced recently the October, November and December Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) and Region I Community Corrections employee award recipients for the fourth quarter of 2009.
REGION I – COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS Award Recipient | Title | Hometown | Award | Luther Childs | Corr. Officer II | Rienzi, MS | Tenure Award – 5 Years | Laura Murray | Corr. Officer II | Metcalfe, MS | Tenure Award – 5 Years | Sonja Palmer | Field Officer Supervisor | Corinth, MS | Tenure Award – 5 Years | Earl Parker | Field Officer III | Tupelo, MS | Tenure Award – 5 Years | Randy Perkins | Field Officer III | Caledonia, MS | Tenure Award - 5 Years | Leroy Turner | Corr. Officer IV | Greenwood, MS | Tenure Award – 15 Years | Elvin Hicks | Corr. Officer IV | Metcalfe, MS | Tenure Award – 20 Years | Vivian Serio | Field Worker | Greenwood, MS | Tenure Award – 20 Years | Robert Tidwell | CO IV | Holcolmb, MS | Correctional Officer of the Month – October 2009 | Sherral Banks | FO III | Southhaven, MS | Field Officer of the Month-December 2009 | Kenneth Fox | FO Supervisor | Hernando, MS | Extra Effort Award-November 2009 | Barbara Allen | Commander | Greenwood, MS | Extra Effort Award-December 2009 | Nicole Brown | FO II | Hernando, MS | Extra Effort Award- December 2009 | Tiffany Gillespie | Program Coordinator | Houlka, MS | Extra Effort Award- December 2009 | Jean Hooper | FO II | Tutwiler, MS | Extra Effort- December 2009 | Eppie Murray | Case Manager | Macon, MS | Extra Effort- December 2009 | Alicia Perkins | FO I | Caledonia, MS | Extra Effort- December 2009 | Tiffany Taylor | FO II | Greenwood Springs, MS | Extra Effort- December 2009 | Helen Valentine | Program Coordinator | Shannon, MS | Extra Effort- December 2009 |
Recipients received award certificates and lapel pins. MDOC began the monthly awards program in September 2001 in an effort to recognize the outstanding employees and their dedication to the agency’s mission of providing public safety. |
