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| Memorial Service Honors Slain Colo. Prisons Chief |
| By officer.com - P. Solomon Banda |
| Published: 03/25/2013 |
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Corrections officials and guards from as far away as Morocco are among the hundreds of people who turned out Monday to honor the Colorado prisons' chief killed last week while answering his front door. Those honoring Tom Clements at a memorial service at New Life Church included 39 current and former corrections' chiefs as well as guards from 14 states. A delegation of corrections officials from Morocco also attended along with dignitaries including Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Attorney John Walsh. Hickenlooper and his widow both spoke about Clements' strong belief in redemption. His family said he decided as a teenage to work in corrections after visiting his uncle in prison, and he worked to reduce the use of solitary confinement in Colorado prisons. Read More. |
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