Dedication Ceremony held in honor of National Correctional Professionals Week
On May 7, as part of National Correctional Professionals Week, the Westchester County Department of Correction (WCDOC) held a dedication ceremony honoring 63 employees who passed away while in service with the Department during its 52 year history. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation to annually recognize correction professionals for the work they do in jails, prisons and community corrections across the country. This year, to commemorate National Correctional Professionals Week, WCDOC will be dedicating a monument and memorial bench at their main jail plaza, to serve as a constant reminder of the significant contributions made by those employees who died while in service to the County.
Westchester County Department of Correction Hosts Dedication Ceremony in Honor of Employees Who Died in Service to the County Westchester County Department of Correction Hosts Dedication Ceremony in Honor of Employees Who Died in Service to the County Published: 07 May 2021
On May 7, as part of National Correctional Professionals Week, the Westchester County Department of Correction (WCDOC) held a dedication ceremony honoring 63 employees who passed away while in service with the Department during its 52 year history. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation to annually recognize correction professionals for the work they do in jails, prisons and community corrections across the country. This year, to commemorate National Correctional Professionals Week, WCDOC will be dedicating a monument and memorial bench at their main jail plaza, to serve as a constant reminder of the significant contributions made by those employees who died while in ser
Instead of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, they were offered a dose of the two-shot Moderna brand.
Putnam County officials had planned on giving out both at two vaccination clinics in Garrison Tuesday. That changed abruptly when the Federal Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a joint recommendation to pause administering Johnson & Johnson.
“People who have been coming in today that were expecting the J and J with our quick change really handled it well. Most of them did stay for the Moderna and were thankful and it wasn’t a negative experience at all it all turned out pretty well,” said Kathy Percacciolo, Putnam County Health Department’s supervising public health nurse.
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Do Prisoners Have a Constitutional Right to Dental Floss?
Might as well not turn them into their own prison bars. (Dick Johnson)
By Angel Castillo Jr.
Because we live in an advanced democracy where anyone can claim grievances in court, judges often get presented with unusual requests. For instance, does a jail inmate have a constitutional right to be provided dental floss?
Six recent inmate lawsuits filed in Florida and New York are raising such a novel claim.
In Florida, five inmates have separately sued Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw in federal court, claiming deprivation of federally protected civil rights through the denial of dental floss. “I don’t care if they file 400 suits, they’re not getting it,” Bradshaw has pledged.