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Big Names Address ACC IFI, Emphasize Attitude, Change and Opportunity
Why did two respectable men in their late 70s with heralded careers take time to fly from the East Coast to Jefferson City and spend a few hours speaking with offenders at Algoa Correctional Center (ACC)? Because they believe in change. The kind of change that 46 offenders incarcerated at ACC hope to make in their lives before they are released from prison. In the early 1990s, Chuck Colson, Founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries (PFM), heard, and subsequently explored, reports of a Faith-Based Prison Model at the Humaitia Prison in Brazil. After a site visit and a great deal of examination and planning, PFM began to investigate where such a unit might be placed in the United States. (continued) ACC Storekeeper II Honored for Service in Vietnam More than 37 years after he left Southeast Asia, Vietnam veteran and Algoa Correctional Center (ACC) Storekeeper II William Couch was honored with a commemorative Vietnam Veterans medallion, a certificate and pen. Couch headed a platoon of 30 infantrymen from November 1969 to October 1970. "I am proud. It's been many years," Couch told the Horizon. "When I came back from Vietnam, most people looked down on American soldiers. Many were spit on. This feels good." (continued) |
Teresa Thornburg Nominated for a First Lady Award Teresa Thornburg, Deputy Warden at the Moberly Correctional Center, is one of the women First Lady Melody Blunt recognized last month at a First Lady Awards Ceremony in Jefferson City, Mo. The ceremony, hosted at the Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City, honored women in five different categories who make an impact on the state. Dean Minor, Warden of the Moberly Correctional Center nominated Ms. Thornburg in the Business and Innovation category. (continued) Laurel Lee Burton by Sharon Wells Laurel Lee Burton, Senior Office Support Assistant at WRDCC, was recently nominated by her supervisor, Sharon Wells, for the 2008 Missouri Outstanding Older Worker of the Year Contest. Much to our delight, she has been selected as one of the 15 semi-finalists statewide. (continued) |
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