2008

Anthony "Tony" J. Dashner - 51, an officer at the Gowanda Correctional Facility.

Stephen Pulci, - Lakeview C.F.

Frank Edward Trifilo - Sergeant with the New York State Department of Corrections. He was a member of St. John's Church in Beacon and was an avid chess player and enjoyed bowling.

2007

Burns, Michael J. "Burnzy" - New York State Correctional Officer, He will always be remembered as an avid outdoorsman and wonderful father who was ready for anything.

Daniel P. Caron, Age 50 (Clinton Correctional Facility) died unexpectedly August 27, 2007. Retired in March 2007 after 25 yrs as a CO. Leaves behind 4 children and 2 grandchildren.

Ronald Del Valle - Retired Sergeant from Ulster CF.

Antonio Jimenez, - officer, Green Haven Correctional Facility.

Kevin Endres  - Midstate, Kevin was a great Family Man and a fine officer at Midstate for almost 25 years. I take the liberty and express great sadness from the front line staff at Midstate who worked with him day in and day out for many many years..."god bless you", Kevin, we will miss you.

Knapp, David O. - Retired Corrections Officer He retired from the Department of Corrections after 18 years as a CO at the Southport Correctional Facility. He was a past Master and member of the F&AM Old Oak Lodge #0364, Horseheads, NY, Elmira Elks Club BPOE #62 and the American Legion Bentley Post #443, Elmira. David enjoyed life to the fullest and will be dearly missed by all.

Cornelius "Bill" Love, -  of Ossining, New York,  He served as a correction officer at the Ossining Correctional Facility, where he retired in 1986.

Eugene T. Murphy -  Murph was retired from the Elmira Correctional Facility after 38 years of service. An outdoorsman he loved to hunt and fish. Murph was also an Elmira Jackals fan.

Edward PreFontaine - Correctional Officer, had passed away late on 3-12-07.It is believed he had a heart attack, and he leaves behind Three children, Mother and many friends. Ed was a officer at Wende Correctional  Facility and joined the department in October 17 1988 an has been a officer at Wende over the past 15 years and has been a close friend of many of the staff that worked with him. Ed enjoyed his children, friends and Hunting, Fishing an his Motor Cycle . His passion for his Motor Cycle was at the top of his fun list. His sudden leaving of us will be a heart ache to all that knew him and loved him. May God Bless Him and open the Gate of Heaven so Ed can ride in and be with the ones who came before him. He will be in good company with many of the fine officers who have joined those who now walk in the hallways of heaven and look over us .

 Daniel Shanahan Jr., 43  -  Lakeview Shock Facility, West Seneca. Shanahan also served as the West Seneca Fire Chief in District 5.

Tom Totaro, -  Who retired recently from Orleans, passed away at his home in Florida from a heart attack. Tom who had a transportation bid at Orleans for over 22 years, and retired as soon as he got his 25 years in.

Laurence F. "Larry" Wade - Retired Sergeant with the Department of Corrections. Larry, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 4, 2007,  Larry retired from the New York State Department of Corrections as Sergeant in 1991, after many years of dedicated service. He then was employed by the Elmira Star-Gazette working in the circulation department retiring in 2004, after 10 years of devoted service.

Michael Zanchelli, - Greene CF, was the rifle/range instructor.

2006

Edward James Poppy Affinito, - He retired as a correction officer from the New York State Department of Correctional Services, Great Meadow Correctional Facility on April 1, 1995 after 33 years of service.

Bernie Bernhardt, - Correction Officer Sullivan CF.

Danforth, -  Retired CO. of Queensboro Transportation.

Donald "Ozzie" DeVore, - Retired Sergeant from Otisville CF.

Eric J. Fords, - Correction Officer Bedford Hills CF.

Thomas Jones, - Correction Officer Great Meadow CF, died of a motorcycle accident.

(Maddog) Madden, - Retired Sgt. formerly of Sing-Sing ,and Lincoln CF ,and a was one of  the Hostages in the 1982 Sing Sing riot.

Daniel E. MacDonell, - Correction Officer Cape Vincent Correctional Facility. Died Feb. 11, 1996 of prostate cancer. He had 25 years as a Correction Officer. Survived by his wife (Patricia) and daughter (Kimberlee).

Rev Dr. Earl Moore, - Head of Ministerial Services for DOCS.

Christopher Robinson, - Bedford Hills C.F.

Andrea Sadowy, - Correction Officer at Green Haven C.F. She died after a very short battle with cancer (about 1 week).

Kevin T. Whalen, - Correction Officer at Wende CF.
 

2005

John D. "Jack" Bissonette, - Retired from Green Haven CF. Died on Thursday, May 26, 2005 at the Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel, NY, he was a Sergeant at Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville, NY. He retired on Sept. 25, 1990.

George H. Dutch Brockley Jr., - He worked with NYS Department of Corrections for 30 years and retired as an investigator in 2000.

Norman R. Collins, - Retired Sergeant passed away on Nov 21, 2005. He retired as a Sgt at Clinton CF in 2004.

Winston Crawford , - Correction Officer Retired from Sing Sing CF.

William Gard, - Retired Deputy Commissioner of NYS CORR. died May 2005. He left behind a Wife, two Daughters and two sons one of which followed his Father into Corrections.

Laura Giordiano, - Shawangunk C.F.

Jack Henderson, - Retired Correction Officer. Prior to his retirement, he was a correctional officer with the Coxsackie Correctional Facility and also the Greene Correctional Facility for 35 years.

Gary L. Miles, - Correction Officer. Worked at Elmira CF, a recent transfer to Willard CF.

Gary Mitchetti, - Correction Officer from Green Haven Correctional Facility. Died from his injuries sustained in a Motorcycle accident.

2003

Roger W. Barrett, - Correction Officer at Groveland CF.

James Bonnell, - Retired as a Lieutenant from Sullivan CF.

Marion Brown Jr., 61 years old, a Peekskill resident for 22 years, died January 18, 2003. Marion was born October 6, 1941 to Marion and Erma Davis Brown in Charleston, SC. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam for the US Army. He worked for the N.Y.S. Department of Corrections for 26 years at Sing Sing Prison as a guard, rising to Sergeant and Supervisor. He married Andrea A. Greer on April 20, 1985 at the Park St. A.M.E. Zion Church. He was a member of the Sons of Ezra, Lodge #300 F & AM, Ossining, NY, and for many years he enjoyed being a ham radio operator. He is survived by wife Andrea and daughters Arroya, Marisa and Autumn Brown of the home address, daughters Melanie Wright of Peekskill, Connie Brown of Pennsylvania, a son Aaron Wright of Poughkeepsie, three grandchildren, his mother Erma Brown of the Bronx, three sisters! and a host of nieces and nephews.

John R. Colin, - Correction Officer at Mid-State CF

Rick Considine, - Sergeant at Collins CF. Died Friday Sept 5 of a motorcycle accident. Sgt. Considine had the ultimate of qualities that you look for. He would always back you as an officer 100%. He also wasn't afraid to tell a CO to do their job. He leaves behind a wife and two small children. Good bye Rick and you will certainly be missed.

Verna Devins, - Correction Officer at Green Haven Correctional Facility. She was killed in a motor vehicle accident. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.

Jerry Dupree, - Correction Officer at Franklin CF.

James K. Earl, - Correction Officer at Bare Hill CF.

Shirley Ebron, - Correction Officer at Downstate CF.

John Evans, - Correction Officer at Sullivan CF. John was a one of a kind, always had a in your face comment but would give the shirt off his back in the next breath if you needed it. Was 1 month short of his 25 year and retirement date. he'll be missed by us all at Sullivan.

Daniel Eherts, - Correction Officer at Mid-Orange CF.

James l. Fedele, - Correction Officer at Willard CF.

Marion Finnegan, - Correction Officer at Green Haven CF.

Gary Garrett, - Correction Officer at Wyoming CF.

Kenneth l. Granger, - Correction Officer at Elmira CF.

Bradford G. Geary, - Correction Sergeant at Mid-State.

Vernon G. Genter, - Correction Sergeant at Camp Pharsalia.

Jerry Howell, - IG Investigator, NYC.

Michael J. Janeski, - Correction Officer at Elmira CF.

Marcel Legras, - Correction Officer at Mohawk CF.

Richard Lewinski, - Correctional Sergeant, Retired from Wende CF.

Paul McDonald, - Correction Officer at Franklin CF.

Robert F. McQuillen, - Correction Officer at Coxsackie CF.

Peter Nellenback, - Correction Officer at Mid-State CF.

James O'Hora, - Correction Officer at Auburn CF.

Robert Oney, - Correction Officer at Auburn.

Gerald Patterson, - Correction Officer at Wende CF.

John A. Peterson, - Correction Officer at Collins CF.

Robert J. Polcovich, - Correction Officer at Auburn CF.

James W. Reynolds, Jr., - Correction Officer at Fishkill CF.

Michael B. Richardson, - Correction Officer at Oneida CF.

Matthew D. Shaul, - Correction Officer at Camp Georgetown.

John A. Tabasco, - Correction Officer at Downstate CF.

Thomas Wood, - Correction Officer at Fishkill CF. Officer Wood will be missed by his fellow officers and supervisors at Fishkill C.F.

Bert Quackenbush, - Correction Officer at Mt. McGregor

Richard Zimmerman, - Correction Officer at Albion CF.

Special Addition

Michael "Superman" Clemente

I am a 13 yr CO "veteran" with the Columbia County Sheriffs Dept. in Upstate NY. May 2002 we lost one of dearly loved and respected CO's, Michael "Superman" Clemente. Mike was on the job for 17 yrs. This man worked non-stop. Doubles day after day. You knew if Mike wasn't already
working the next shift and someone banged in, he'd be there. There were times he'd work a double, go home for a couple of hours, and be back for another double. Mike liked the money. He used sick time only once that I can remember. The doctor forced him to do so, he'd been stung by a bee.

Mike never went to the doctors. However, he appeared to be in good physical shape. Like the movie "Superman", Mike was very gentle and mild mannered. He was good with numbers; he had wanted to be an accountant. BUT, piss Mike off or if any CO was in need of back up, Mike was there. Sometimes he would appear out of nowhere. He was strong like an ox. I witnessed him more that once take down some big men.

On that terrible day in May 2002, Mike at the age of 43 suffered a massive heart attack while on the job. He was working an OT shift. He thought it was a full shift, however upon arrival to the facility found it was a half of shift. He was pissed about that. Mike went quietly. No one was aware that he had a heart attack. It was an inmate who noticed Mike wasn't looking well. That inmate hit an intercom button to get the attention of other officers. When other officers and the nurse arrived, Mike was long gone.

Mike never liked to be "fussed" over. We all were devastated at losing him. I had never seen so many people walking around with looks of total disbelief. The facility was strangely quiet. God help any inmate who set any of us off at that time. However, they all seemed to be on there
best behavior for some reason. Guess they knew, they better not piss us off. It was not uncommon to find a fellow officer off somewhere crying during this difficult time. Still to this day we talk about Mike and still someone will shed a few tears. Mike gone left a big hole gap in
our lives. Some were closed to him than others. Those who were the closest have not recovered and I don't believe ever will.

The dept did everything they could for the family. Mike never married, nor did he ever have a girlfriend to the best of our knowledge. He left behind his mother and older brother Tony. Mike lived to take care of them and make their lives comfortable. The service was a large and grand event. Something Mike would not have been happy about at all. Officers from our dept, Hudson police dept, and State Troopers all took turns standing next to Mike's coffin for the wake and funeral. Dept administrators from other counties as well as our own county attended the services for Mike. Former employees of the Sheriffs dept returned to pay their respects. Even former inmates who were touched by Mike's goodness, paid their respects. During this time, there were no boundaries of "Us" and "Them". All who came to say good-by to Mike were welcomed.

The day of Mike's funeral a color guard was assembled, the bagpipes played and the biggest of men were crying fiercely. For we had lost our friend, our brother. A member of our family had fallen due to the stresses and strains of the job. He was devoted to the job even thought he would state how much he disliked it. It's a job no one really likes. We just do it because it is secure, and for the benefits. No matter who told Mike he needed to slow down, he wouldn't do it. More than once he took an OT shift that I would have been forced for. By him taking that shift, I could go home to my son that night on time.

Mike is sorely missed by all of us. Our lives will never be the same. He touched us all in one-way or another. Rightfully so, we retired his badge number. Mike (Superman) Clemente's kryptonite was the job. Granted he wanted to work the OT, however his stress was more with the
administration then the inmates themselves. Since then I believe some us have taken a different perspective of the job.

This December Mike would have turned 45 yrs old. He would have been closer to our 25 yr and out retirement plan. No doubt Mike would have collected the biggest half-pay retirement check in the history of our dept.

CO Dawn M. Williams #54
Columbia County Sheriffs Dept.
Hudson, NY

2002

Nkemakolam Akalonu, Correction Officer at Sing Sing CF.

William Ames, Correction Officer at  Riverview CF.

Robert A. Bymes, Correction Officer at Woodbourne CF.

Peter Casola, Correction Officer at  Mt. McGregor CF. Peter was a good friend and will be missed terribly. Pete was one of a kind. Anyone who's ever visited our facility certainly should be familiar with the Pete Casola greeting, it was certainly unique. Pete was active in the union for year's, not so much with the present organization, but with c-82, he worked his ass off. We use to go to all of the local political fund raisers and voice our issues. I'll never forget the year that Pete ran against Joe Puma, I believe it was for policy chairman, and got beat by about 6,000 votes, we laughed like hell and than got shit faced. Nobody knew who Pete was, but they found out after. Pete is special, and will always be our best friend.

John Davenport,  Correction Officer at Elmira CF. For all that knew John he will be missed, but in our hearts ALWAYS. Lord, we thank you for taking care of our Brother John, and ask you also to tend to the needs of his family.

Kenny Delisle,  Correction Officer at Clinton CF. Lost his battle with cancer and passed away.

Francis J. DiGregorio,  Correction Officer at Fishkill CF.

Donald Dobbs "Dobber", Retired after 33 yrs of service. Started in 1963 at Sing Sing transferred to Attica in 1966-1982 then transferred to Ogdensburg finally retiring in 1996. Passed away on October 7, 2002. He is survived by his wife Judy and four children.

Greg Foster, Sr., Correction Officer Attica C.F. fought a short but hard battle with a disease that strikes too many of us. Greg was a fine and well liked officer. He was 49 yrs. old, way too young for anybody. Even though I know he is in a better place, I wish he could of been here a while longer. He was a loved husband, father, and
grandfather and his memory will live on in Attica through his son, C.O. Greg Foster, Jr.. Greg, you are gone but not forgotten.

John Hart,  Correction Sergeant at Mt. McGregor CF. Passed away while out checking on camp fire crews who are in a neighboring community fighting a forest fire. May Brother Hart rest in peace, and our prayers go out to John's wife and two children.

Robert Haynes, Jr., Correction Officer at Fishkill CF.

Dwight D. Howard, Correction Officer at Groveland CF.

William D. LeFevre, Jr., Correction Officer at Riverview CF.

Beverly Kerr , Correction Officer at Wende CF. Today 11-01-02 during the 7-3 shift Officer Beverly Kerr passed away while on duty. The sudden death of Officer Beverly Kerr has shocked the Wende CF Staff. Beverly has worked at Wende CF as the Draft Processing Officer, and Transportation processing officer for the past 10 years. All of the officers and Staff and Wende C F have known Beverly and will miss her kind hearted presence inside this facility. Beverly has placed a memory in our hearts of a Beautiful Lady who was there for all her CO workers. Her great humor and fun loving attitude will be her legacy for ever. The Loss that the staff of Wende C F will be felt for a long time. The officers and Sergeants that she worked with will be stunned by her passing, but will always remember the kindness this Beautiful Lady emanated in her demeanor as an officer. The Wende C. F. Staff have lost one of their best, and her memory w! ill live on here for ever. We grieve the loss of this beautiful Lady and thank God we had the good fortune to have known and worked with such a fine person. The Administration at Wende has been a total support in helping us deal with our loss, for she has been loved buy all who have worked with Her. Our Deepest Sympathy go out to Beverly's family, may God Bless all of them in their loss. We will mourn now and bid our fair well's to Beverly Kerr. As for me, I thank you Beverly for all that you have done for all of us here at Wende C F, May God Bless you and open his Kingdom to you, for he will receive one of our Best Officers to serve in The Kingdom Of God.

Donald E. Palmer, Correction Officer at Elmira CF.

Michael R. Parish, Correction Officer at Ogdensburg CF.

John Pratt, Correction Officer at Willard.

Robert Seney, Correction Officer at Greenhaven CF. Officer Seney was killed on 6/20/02 when his motorcycle left the pavement and struck a tree. Robert became a Corrections Officer in October of 2001. He was assigned to Green Haven with hopes of transferring to a Clinton area facility. He his survived by his wife who is five months pregnant. My heartfelt condolences to her and the rest of Officer Seney's family. Officer Seney will be missed.

Diane Taylor, recently-retired Lieutenant who passed away on Monday, April 29th, after a lengthy and courageous battle with breast cancer. Lt. Taylor's illness forced her to retire early, with sixteen years of dedicated service with DOCS, from Fulton, where she attained the rank of lieutenant in November 2000.  Previously, she had worked as a sergeant at Edgecombe, Lincoln, Parkside, Queensboro, and Oneida, and as an officer at Butler, Downstate, Greenhaven, and Bedford Hills.

Robert Wood, Correction Sergeant at Watertown CF.

2001

Michael J. Blier, Correction Officer at Clinton CF

Brian S. Buckbee, Correction Officer at Elmira CF

Roger Carr, Correction Officer at Elmira CF, passed away after a difficult and heroic fight with an illness. Many on the net will know Roger as he has been the chief training officer at Elmira for many years and has assisted with training and equipment at many facilities. He certainly leaves a piece of himself with every officer at Elmira past and present.

Rosario (Ross) Centanni, Green Haven C.F. Officer, Retired  in 1980  and was a resident of Ruskin, Fl. passed away on 10/1/2001.

Martin (Marty) Chauvin , 46, Lieutenant at Clinton CF, died of a heart attack while vacationing in Myrtle Beach with his wife and children

Thomas A. Coughlin, III,  whose devotion to people and their needs led him to remake New York's mental retardation and prison systems into national models, died Thursday, August 23, at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse. Coughlin, 63, succumbed to complications following heart bypass surgery. With him at the time of his death were his wife of 43 years, the former Joan Frey of Watertown, daughters Laurie and Kelly. Mr. Coughlin, a member of the state police from 1962-68, was appointed Deputy Commissioner in the old Office of Mental Hygiene (OMH) in 1975 by Gov. Hugh L. Carey. In 1978, he became the first Commissioner of the new Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. In 1979, Gov. Carey named him Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services. He was reappointed in 1983 by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and retired in 1994 as the longest-tenured prison chief in state history.

Dick Cramer, Correction Officer at Mohawk CF

Richard G. Hessel, Correction Officer at Ogdensburg CF

Donald James, Correction Officer at Clinton CF

David Kirk, Correction Officer at Clinton CF

Michael Mahoney, Sergeant at Fishkill CF

Kathy McCandless, Correction Officer at Green Haven CF. She will be greatly missed!!! I hope that you are finally at peace now, Kathy!!!

Christopher K. Moore, Sergeant at Greene CF

Rick (Ricco) Perfetti , Correction Officer at Southport CF. Died after his battle with cancer. He will be missed by many. Rest in Peace Our Brother

Adrienne Phipps , Correction Officer at Wende CF. Adrienne was a 11 year veteran of the department was is survived by her husband (a Wende Correction Officer) and her young child

Edward Reynolds , Superintendent at Mohawk CF. Mr. Reynolds was a rare leader. Mr. Reynolds cared for all of us. He would always greet with a smile and "How are you doing today." If you had a problem, Mr. Reynolds would always work with you. He was a teacher, a friend, a leader. We all will miss this good man.

Olivia Mclean-Wilk, was a Physicians Assistant at Green Haven CF. She was the wife of Lt. Ray Wilk, who lost his wife hours after giving birth to their triplets.  Together they shared a family of seven children.

2000

Morris Richard Arquette, Retired from Great Meadow CF

John Bradley, Correctional Officer at Upstate CF

Stephen L. Brown, Correctional Officer at Gowanda CF

Eddie J. Charles,  Correction Sgt. formerly of the Elmira Correctional Facility & R/C.  Husband of Sgt. Barbara A. Charles (Elmira CF & R/C) after a very courageous battle with cancer, passed away on February 17, 2000.  Sgt. Charles was a CO at the Southport CF, prior to becoming a Sgt and worked in jails downstate.  He was also a weapons, defense tactics and physical training instructor for DOCS at various facilities across NY State.

David E. Collareno, Correctional Officer at Collins CF

Raymond J. Curtis 53, Corrections Officer from Camp Georgetown, died while supervising an eight-member inmate work crew. Ray slipped and fell while carrying a log on his shoulders, hitting his head on a tree stump and the log then landed on his head. He was a correction officer for 10 years.

Edward Dann , Deputy Superintendent Of Security died of a Heart Attack on October 7th he worked at Auburn CF

Michael H. Dixon III, Correctional Officer at Coxsackie CF

Robert Juckett, Feb. 5, 1929 -- July 6, 2000 Retired as Dep. Security at Great Meadow - a teacher, a leader, a tough opponent and an even better friend

Michelle R. Dixon-Ramsey , Correction Officer at Wyoming CF

Harold Dunster, Correctional Officer at Great Meadows CF

William Eddy, 61, died of a Heart Attack, he was a Retired Correctional Lieutenant at Auburn CF

Michael Forth, Correctional Officer at Washington CF

Richard French , a medically retired CO from Watertown CF

Christopher L Gaffney, Sr., Correctional Officer at Eastern CF

William Given, Correctional Officer at Gouverneur CF

Richard (Heavy) Greene , 38, Died of an Heart Attack on October 7th. He was a Correctional Officer at Auburn CF

Kenneth A. Harrington, Correctional Sergeant at Camp Georgetown

Charles Harrison , Correctional Officer at Sing Sing CF. Died in an auto accident.

Richard Hessel, 53, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Rick had tremendous heart and spirit and never, ever complained. Correctional Officer at Ogdenburg CF

Michael F. Heaney Jr, Correctional Officer at Arthurkill CF

William Irizarry Jr.,50 Retired Correctional Officer at Downstate CF

James Johnston, Correctional Officer at Lyon Mountain CF

John Lyons, Correctional Officer at Sing Sing CF

Theodore Matteson, Correctional Lieutenant at Moriah CF

Ralph D. McBain, 44 died of a massive heart attack on 11/18/2000 he was a corrections officer at Marcy CF. He has been an officer since 1984 and worked at many jails, he was a very liked man by those that knew him and very well loved man by his family. He had a great big heart and loved to help anyone in need. He leaves behind his wife and two sons he will be sadly missed.

Dennis McCreless II, 48 Correctional Officer at Chateaugay CF died of Cancer on Nov 8

Robert E. McNamara, Correctional Officer at Eastern CF

Donald Metlak, Correctional Officer at Wyoming CF

Leo Miller, 42, Correctional Officer at Clinton CF was killed when a trailer detached from a truck he was meeting on the highway and struck his vehicle head on. His death was on Nov. 8.

Lawrence Nichols, Correctional Officer at Clinton CF

Francis W. O'Connell, Correctional Officer at Wallkill CF

Frederick P. Overhoff, Correctional Officer at Gowanda CF

John G. Pitt, Correctional Officer at Barehill CF

Matthew P. Rolfe, Correctional Officer at Five Point CF

Glen Ryan, Correctional Officer at Fishkill CF, worked for the Department for 17 years.

Marty See, Retired Correctional Officer at Sing Sing CF

John Tracy, Correctional Officer at Arthurkill CF

Wallace Wiliczek, Correctional Officer at Collins CF

James Wrolsen, Correctional Officer at Green Haven CF

Louis R. Zaccagnino, Correctional Officer at Gowanda CF

1999

Carl Bryant, Correctional Officer at Mid-Orange CF

Omar Caballero , Correction Officer at Lincoln C.F. in NYC pass away, Saturday 10/9/99 while being operated on. Officer Caballero died while receiving a donor's liver. We the Officers at Lincoln Correctional Facility want our Fellow Brothers and Sisters to know threw out the state that Officer Caballero was a fine Officer, Father and loving Husband. We are truly proud to have know him and have worked with him.

Walt Dieterle, Lieutenant, 3-11 Watch Commander at Mid-State CF passed away May 30. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

William Folnsby , Lieutenant at Willard CF passed away of lung cancer, in July. He worked at Elmira as an Officer, Monterey as an Officer, Elmira as the 3-11 A.W.C. and then Willard as a Lt. Billy was probably one of the best people I have ever met in corrections! He took care of the Officers on his shift (when he was A.W.C. @ Elmira) as if they were his own kids! He was probably the easiest person in the world to confide in when you had a problem. He was the ideal supervisor in the tradition of being Firm, Fair and Consistent.

James Jameson, Retired from Washington CF

Bradley Jones, Correction Officer at Oneida CF. At Orleans there are several officers who spent months and some years at Oneida, and knew Brad very well, He was the kind of officer you could count on when you needed help! And one of the most caring fathers a child or wife could have. I/we all will sadly miss Officer Jones, while I was there he was a member of the C.E.R.T. team there, and would do any thing for a fellow officer. It hit all of us who knew him hard!! We meet officers all the time in our career but not many do we remember as time goes by, the officers at Oneida will no longer hear the words "Romper Room Jones's" And know the officer we knew him to be. His memory will never pass !
Thank You
Douglas Ames,
Tim Andrus,
Leroy Franklin,
Bob Woodworth,
Dave Lyman,
Taylor Roberts,
all the officers who passed through Oneida currently working at Orleans.....

Kenneth J. Lackie , Correction Officer at Coxsackie CF.

David LeClair , Correction Officer at Camp Gabriels, died February 8, 1999; He died at home.

Richard Murphy, Correctional Officer at Eastern CF

Frank Mydiarz, Correctional Officer at Great Meadow C.F.

Philip Nargi, Correctional Officer at Arthur Kill CF

Larry Nichols , Correctional Officer at Clinton C.F. Died November 14th in a hunting accident. He was 39 and leaves his wife and three children.

Jim Prisella, Correction Officer at Livingston CF. He died October 21, 1999 at home, He leaves behind a wife and two children. He had been a correctional officer since 8/89 and had been one of the first officers at Livingston Correctional Facility when it opened in April of 1991.  He was loved by all his comrades and respected by all the inmates on his cadre to the extent that they sent flowers not only to the funeral but also to my home and made a beautiful memorial card for us.

Jim was killed in a freak tractor accident in the woods of our 51 acre property.  The best we can figure out, he was up there to gather fire wood to help keep us warm this winter.  We are told he died very quickly.  Thank God he didn't suffer because we didn't find him until 9pm that night.  He loved to be up in the woods.  We live in the house that his dad built when Jim was 19. He had helped his dad to clear the land, landscape the yard, plant hundreds (literally) of Colorado Blue Spruce trees.  He loved this place best of anywhere in the whole world.

Jim was my best friend in the whole world. Really, Truly.  May 1st, 1999 - for my 40th birthday, he bought me a 1996 red Mazda Miata -- a convertible -- that he got to drive occasionally.  I know he enjoyed it as much as me. 

He was also a great friend to the guys he worked with and anyone lucky enough to call him their friend. Dave White (another CO) and Jim had been taking flying lessons in a power parachute from Wayne Holden (still another CO) and we were going to buy him one this spring.

Jim was a great husband, father, friend, Correctional Officer.  The staff at Livingston CF are still finding it difficult to talk to me as they are grieving nearly as much as we are. His death was so sudden, so totally unexpected. When we left for work in the morning, he was fine and when we came home, he was gone.

Jim was an artist who often times depicted prison life and Correctional Officers in a type of comic way. He was a practical joker at work and often the cause of much mischief, I am told.  But he did a good job in his cadre -- many Friday's winning the inspection award.

I hope that some of this information can be used to help fill in his memorial.  We have two children - A daughter (28) who lives in Florida and a son (15) at home. Our son, Adam, would welcome any stories any other Correctional Officers would like to share about his dad.  We feel this would help him to someday know his dad as a person - not just a father - something that he won't get the opportunity to do.

Thanks again for your diligence and compassion in creating and maintaining this page.  As hard as it was to look at, it made me proud (again, and again) to be married to a CO.  

Thanks! Belinda (Stoddard) Prisella

Wayne Potter, Correctional Officer at Groveland CF

Martin J. Ruff, Elmira CF

Roger Welden, Retired Correctional Officer from Clinton CF

Bobby Argentieri, Correction Officer from Collins passed away on Friday, 10-16-98. Bobby was an Officer for over 15 years. He was well known in Western New York for his athletic ability on the Softball field, and the many teams in recent years that he coached. Bobby was a family man. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters and his little princess (granddaughter).
We at Collins are going to miss Bobby Argentieri. His passing kind of puts things in proper perspective. Life is so short, take time to smell the flowers.

Frank Caminiti , Sergeant, Frank lost his battle with cancer 5:30pm May 27, 1998. He is survived by his wife, Gabriella a daughter Vanessa & a son Dominick. . Frank will be missed by all that knew him, as well as all of us on the "Hacknet". God Bless Frank

Billy Eisenschmidt , Bill was an officer at Auburn CF and a former officer at Cayuga. Billy was a top notch officer and truly a great person, anyone that knew him could testify to this. He gave great insight, conversation, and made a lot of people laugh.

Ricky Lee , Correction Officer from Greene Correctional Facility. Ricky died suddenly Sunday afternoon 12/27/98 as a result of injuries sustained in a automobile accident. Ricky was a well liked and respected Officer. He never had a bad word to say and was always smiling. He leaves behind a 11 year old child. May our prayers and thoughts be with his family in their time of need.

Andy Semintini, 44, Captain, passed away June 21st., after a long bout with cancer. He, along with Frank Caminitti, both friends, both good guys are finally together. They lost the fight. What we lost can't be measured by any ruler. Don't you think that all the bickering that takes place on the Hacknet pales in comparison. Love each other, respect each other, life sucks, man, it is too short, he was just 44 married with children he won't see grow up.. graduate, marry and have kids of their own.
Take a step back and smell the flowers, hug your wife, hug your kids. Call someone and tell em you love em..

The Final Inspection-Capt. Andy Semintini
· The Officer stood and faced his God,
· Which must always come to pass.
· He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly as his brass.
· "Step forward now, officer, How shall I deal with you?
· Have you always turned the other cheek?
· To my church have you been true?"
· The officer squared his shoulder and said, "No, Lord, I guess I aint,
· Because those of us who carry badges can't always be a saint.
· I've had to work most Sundays, and at times my talk was rough, and sometimes
· I've been violent because the jails are tough.
· But I never took a penny that wasn't mine to keep..
· Though I worked a lot of overtime, when the bills got to steep.
· And I never passed a cry for help though at times I shook with fear and
· sometimes, God forgive me, I wept an unmanly tear.
· I know I don't deserve a place among the people here.
· They never wanted me around except to calm their fear.
· If you've a place for me here, Lord, it needn't be so grand.
· I never expected or had too much, but if you don't...I'll understand.
· There was silence all around the throne, where the saints often trod.
· As the officer waited quietly for the judgment of his God.
· "Step forward now, officer.
· You've borne your burdens well.
· Come walk a beat on heaven's streets, You've done your time in hell".

Jeff Wiederhold, A correctional sergeant at Mid-State CF, passed away on June 22, after suffering a stroke recently. He had work at Marcy CF as well as other facilities around the state. "He could be stubborn as a bull sometimes but he was one of the best.

Hugh Peter Hicks Sr, Retired Sergeant from Great Meadow Correctional Facility. Spent most of his career at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora. Died February 12, 1980, Father of Lt. Hugh Peter Hicks Jr. of Clinton Correctional Facility, officer Gerald H. Hicks of Washington Corr. Fac., Lt. William E. Hicks of Washington Correctional Facility., Grandfather of officers Patrick Hicks and Matthew Hicks both of Clinton Correctional Facility.