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| NJ law would honor prison officers |
| By thedailyjournal.com - Joseph P. Smith |
| Published: 06/21/2012 |
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TRENTON — New Jersey legislators could take a big step today toward setting aside one day each year to honor all corrections officers, as well as the memory of a Bayside State Prison officer killed in the line of duty. The General Assembly is scheduled to vote today on whether to establish July 30 as Corrections Officer Day in New Jersey. The date was picked because it was July 30, 1997, that Bayside corrections officer Fred Baker was stabbed to death. “I think it is wonderful to hear,” Kelly O’Brien Baker, his widow, said Wednesday. “I know other states have this. Being on Fred’s anniversary is very nice, but I’d like to see it passed in every state. It would be nice if that was federal.” Baker, a nurse living in Atlantic City, said New Jersey has about 6,000 corrections officers and, too often, their work doesn’t get recognized. “Every day they leave for a work shift they are putting their lives in danger,” Baker said. Read More. |
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