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| VT Honors Corrections Officer for life-saving efforts |
| By rutlandherald.com |
| Published: 05/11/2009 |
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Vt. honors jail workers' heroic life-saving efforts By Brent Curtis Staff Writer - Rutland correctional officer Shawn Stocker doesn't take credit for saving the life of an inmate who tried to hang himself in his cell last July. After all, Stocker, a six-year veteran at the jail, said he wasn't the one who cut the man down or among the team that breathed life back into his lungs. "That guy wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for those people," Stocker said, giving credit to a team of first responders that included two nurses and several correctional officers. Stocker wasn't among that group because he was too busy herding as many as 33 prisoners, who knew something unusual was happening and were crowding around the scene, back into their cells. But even though he didn't directly assist the choking inmate, Stocker was recognized for being part of the team that saved the unidentified prisoner's life and he was among a group of 10 Rutland jail staff who were awarded Preservation of Life Awards recently. Employees at the Rutland jail accounted for the majority of the annual lifesaving awards handed out by the Department of Corrections, taking home 10 of the 14 awards this year, according to Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito. The list of Rutland recipients includes correctional officers Conrad Cote, Darrell Goodrich II, Emilio Rosario, Bryce Taylor, Detra Coltey, Michael Groner, Daniel Williams and Stocker, nurse Eileen Curran, and nurse manager Lynn Sivagnanan. Pallito said situations involving inmates trying to harm themselves happen on a average of about once a day in Vermont — but few are as serious or as likely to succeed as the attempt that Stocker and his coworkers dealt with. "This gentleman would have succeeded but for the acts of that team," he said. "The Preservation of Life Awards are a great way to recognize such exemplary acts and to show new officers that working hard is rewarded." Fledgling correctional officers had the chance to see and learn from the award winners' experiences first hand since the award ceremony was held during graduations for new recruits at College of St. Joseph in Rutland. Jail Superintendent Jay Simons said he was proud that his facility received so many of the awards. He said the attempted hanging that Stocker and his team were involved in was the most serious of three hanging attempts at the jail last year.Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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