Correction News - North Carolina Department of Corrections

Correction News / June-July 2009Mecklenburg task forcetargets repeat offendersCHARLOTTE | Tracy K. Lee, assistant judicial districtmanager in Mecklenburg County, has been named to acollaborative law enforcement task force that will targetrepeat offenders.Mecklenburg County District AttorneyPeter Gilchrist said has assigned staffmembers to help prosecute cases involvingsuspects on Charlotte-MecklenburgPolice Department’s “high-priority” listof repeat offenders. The task force --which involves multiple law enforcementTracy Leeagencies, other judicial system personneland probation officers -- is named thePriority Offender Strategy Team.Police said the “high-priority” list includes about200 offenders who breaking into homes and cars andoften commit violent crime.“We meet every two weeks to report on and shareinformation about offender activities,” Lee said. “Theinitiative has enabled our agencies to work together andshare valuable information.”May RetirementHampton Lasater, probation/paroleofficer II, DCC District 29BJune RetirementsJustin Ball, probation/parole officer II,DCC District 26-AMatthew Beavers, lead officer,Pender CIDaniel Bertsch, probation/paroleofficer II, DCC District 26-BTodd Bunker, lead officer, Pender CIMovingUponJeffrey Carpenter, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 19BSalena Clark, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 20BJustin Crowe, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 03BEdward Dedreux, sergeant, Southern CIMark Duncan, sergeant, Columbus CIDawn Dye, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 10-AJames Gurganus, sergeant, Fountain CCWRegina Hargrove, food service officer, Sampson CITyler Harrill, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 29AStephanie Hodges, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 18-BJonathan Huckabee, lead correctional officer, Brown Creek CIWilliam Jernigan, lead correctional officer, Brown Creek CIDwain Johnson, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26-AThomas Joyce, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 17BLatasha Mayes, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 25BAngelia McDonald, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 04AWill Memolo, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 28Alphonzo Oates, surveillance officer, DCC District 14-AShanda Posey, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 18-AKevin Prusia, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26-AApril Taylor, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 18-BValerie Ward, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 19CValerie Washington, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 19ATerry Whitley, sergeant, Eastern CIHeather Zachary, food service officer, NC CIWAlicia Zephir, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 19BLower right, Tres Bruce, a Raleigh videographer, adjusts his camerawhile the taping is watched by Chris Smithco of World Vision; KlayMaynard of MPACT; Forrest Fesperman, Correction Enterprises soapplant manager; inmate worker Richard Burcham.Soap production inspires video productionA video production crew from World Vision visited theCorrection Enterprises Janitorial Products Plant at WarrenCorrectional Institution in mid-July to show thesoapmaking process for products distributed in over50 countries around the world.Inmates at the new plant are producing soap productsfor MPACT (Mission to Provide a Cleaner Tomorrow),a non-profit organization in Ohio, which suppliesthe soap to World Vision, an international relief organization.In addition to showcasing the North Carolina productionof soap, the video also will be used to gain mediainterest “to show people the great work that is beingdone in North Carolina and the pride of the prisonersin doing this project that really makes a differencein helping others all around the world,” said MPACT’sKlay Maynard.CE has shipped a truckload of 240,000 bars of soapto MPACT for initial donation to World Vision programsin Ghana, Niger, Zimbabwe, Mali, Malawi, Haiti,Honduras, Nicaragua, Armenia, Albania and Mongolia.Over the next year, MPACT hopes to send 720,000bars of soap to impoverished children, families andcommunities around the world through World Vision’slong-term presence and child-focused programs operatingin nearly 100 countries.The janitorial supply plant also produced and bottleda batch of 3,000 gallons of body wash to be shipped in750 cases to MPACT.Maynard said MPACT plans to continue using thesoap plant for future shipments.According to medical data released through WorldVision, 2 million-3 million children worldwide die fromdiarrhea each year, and the majority of those deathscould be prevented through access to the most basic ofhygiene measures such as washing with soap and water.World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organizationdedicated to working with those in need by tackling thecauses of poverty and injustice. MPACT is a non-profitChristian ministry with a mission to provide hygienecare and education.