Tribute To The National Correctional Worker

During National Correctional Workers’ Week, the Bureau of Prisons pays tribute to our fallen Correctional Officers, who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Every day, we put the safety of the American people above our own, as we all walk through the doors, gates, grills and sally ports. We chose to jeopardize our lives and the lives of our families to complete the Bureau of Prisons mission, to protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens. We knowingly put ourselves in harm’s way to protect and keep our communities more safe and secure. …show more content…
We honor their service, remembering their sacrifices. It is not how these officers have fallen that made them heroes, it’s their sacrifice. Even though we can never bring back those we honor today, we stand their posts, which define who we are and what we have chosen to do. Today, we honor twenty-six officers whose lives were cut short in the line of duty. Let us not take for granted the risk we make each and every single day. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me Psalms 23:4. "When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice (Cherokee expression). May God bless all of our corrections