Volunteer of the Year

John SpurgeonChaplainRutherford County Sheriff’s OfficeMurfreesboro, Tennessee

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Pastor John Spurgeon has been a volunteer chaplain for the Rutherford County Correctional Work Center and the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the past eight years.

As chaplain, he leads church services, conducts Bible studies, and counsels inmates. He provides inmates with daily devotionals and is eager to pray with them. No matter the time of day, he accompanies jail officials to deliver to inmates difficult messages such as the death of a family member.

Pastor Spurgeon assists inmates with reentry into society, helping them to find jobs, housing, and medical benefits. He stays in touch with former inmates, inviting them to gather for dinner and fellowship.

He reaches beyond the inmates to jail staff, comforting and counseling them in times of need. He has performed weddings and baptisms for staff members and their families, and he welcomes other pastors to monthly prayer breakfasts with staff.

Pastor Spurgeon also serves as Prison Ministry Pastor at New Vision Baptist Church in Murfreesboro. With the church’s support, he launched Operation Bless a Child, which provides a Christmas program, a hot meal, and gifts for approximately 800 children of inmates.

Through the church, he leads 100 volunteers in a prison ministry called Soldiers With A Task (SWAT). The ministry hosts a Spring for Life event with the message that inmates can change their lives, a Redeemed for Life Celebration where inmates can be baptized, and sends Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Christmas cards to 900 inmates.

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Civilian Employee of the Year

Frank MazzaDirector, Community Reintegration ProgramHudson County Department of Corrections and RehabilitationKearny, New Jersey

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Frank Mazza serves as the Hudson County Department of Corrections Direc-tor of Community Reintegration. This program—focusing on clinical services, healthcare, social services, and housing—has been recognized by the Bureau of Justice and the Council of State Governments as being at the forefront of reentry nationwide.

Mr. Mazza received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Caldwell University in 2000 and his master’s degree in forensics from New Jersey City University in 2005. He is currently working toward a doctorate in clinical psychology.

He was a family service worker for the Department of Citizen Services in Essex County for six years, a therapist in the Hudson County Correctional Center for four years, served as Director of Reentry for four years, and completed 2,750 hours as a student psychologist under the direct supervision of a New Jersey Board-licensed psychologist in a forensic practice.

Mr. Mazza has played an instrumental role in ensuring that the Affordable Care Act was applied to the inmate population in the most productive manner. He has been published by the New Jersey Bar Association—focusing on inmate healthcare and how to most efficiently connect the inmate population to medi-cal insurance. He also has worked and reported extensively on housing bene-fits and barriers unique to the inmate population when seeking consistent, stable shelter assistance.

In October 2009, Mr. Mazza was responsible in part for implementation of the Hudson County Community Reintegration Program. From 2013 to 2015, he worked as a consultant for the Jersey City Employment and Training Program. He has unified the Jersey City Employment and Training Program’s reentry effort with the Hudson County Model, and served as the Conductor of Juris-dictions and Systems.

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Correctional Officer of the Year

Jonathan HutchesonDeputy SheriffJohnson County Sheriff’s OfficeNew Century, Kansas

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Deputy Hutcheson has been working for the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office since December 2009. During these eight years, he has been assigned to the Detention Division, and has been a training officer and a lead officer. He is currently assigned as the Security Threat Group Coordinator, Intelligence Offi-cer, and Inmate Worker Program Coordinator in the Adult Detention Center.

Deputy Hutcheson is a member of the Kansas Gang Investigators Association and Crisis Intervention Team. In his current assignment, he has validated more than 100 new gang affiliates and identified more than 100 drug dealers. He has assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in finding and working with confidential informants on the streets. He has also assisted the FBI in identify-ing and disrupting gang and drug trafficking activity in Kansas, Illinois, Texas, California, and Arizona.

Due to his efforts, Deputy Hutcheson received two letters of recognition from the FBI. He was also named Detention Deputy of the Quarter by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputy Hutcheson’s hard work and dedication to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office have helped him be selected to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. He is looking forward to furthering his career in this new assignment.

He has been married to his wife Stephanie for 15 years. They have six children between the ages of 1 and 12. He enjoys spending time with his family outdoors and teaching his kids how to hunt and fish.

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Correctional Training Officer of the Year

Wesley Wagner, CCT, CCOLieutenantLicking County Sheriff’s OfficeNewark, Ohio

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Lt. Wagner has been in law enforcement for 13 years, serving with the Licking County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for 12 years. During his time at LCSO, he has worked primarily in the Jail Division—as a line officer/field training officer for five years and as a sergeant for five years. In February 2017, he was promoted to Administrative Lieutenant of the Jail Division. His job duties include all train-ing in the Jail Division, managing the Corrections Academy and Field Training Officer/Mentor Program, and hiring of corrections officers. He developed and manages the Mentor Program and the LCSO LEAD program, and oversees inmate programing, commissary, medical and mental health, classification, and food service.

Lt. Wagner holds an associate degree in law enforcement technology from Central Ohio Technical College, a bachelor’s degree in public safety manage-ment from Franklin University, and a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati. He is a Certified Corrections Officer (CCO) by the American Correctional Association (ACA), a Certified Correctional Trainer (CCT) by the American Jail Association (AJA) and the International Association of Correctional Training Personnel, and a graduate of Class 26 of the National Jail Leadership Command Academy.

Lt. Wagner has been teaching in law enforcement and corrections for 11 years. He is both the Corrections Academy and Police Academy Commander (Central Ohio Technical College). He also is an adjunct instructor at COTC. He has presented at multiple conferences—including AJA and ACA—and has had arti-cles published on correctional training and rehabilitation. He is considered a subject matter expert in use of force.

Lt. Wagner is supported in his career by his wife Lisa, daughter Dalyn, and sons Devon and Jakob.

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Correctional Supervisor of the Year

Belinda Cosgrove, CJMCaptainGarland County Sheriff’s OfficeHot Springs, Arkansas

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Captain Belinda Cosgrove is a native of Hot Springs, Arkansas, who began her career with the Garland County Sheriff’s Department in 1996. She was the Administrator of the Garland County Juvenile Detention Center for 13 years. While under her direction, the juvenile facility received the Program of the Year Award from the Arkansas Juvenile Justice Coalition, the State’s juvenile advisory board.

Captain Cosgrove is the Operations Director at the Garland County Detention Center, where she is responsible for overseeing the Alternative Sentencing Unit, Juvenile Detention Center, classification, health services, food services, programs, inmate services, and volunteers.

She is on the Board of Directors of the Ouachita Children’s Center, is a certified Law Enforcement Instructor for Arkansas Law Enforcement Academy, and is a Certified Trainer Instructor for the National Institute of Corrections.

Captain Cosgrove is a Certified Anger Management Instructor through Anderson and Anderson Psychological Services. She is the first female in Arkansas to be a Certified Jail Manager through the American Jail Association.

She is also the first female at the Sheriff’s Office to be promoted to the rank of Captain. She is past Vice-President and President of the Arkansas Juvenile Detention Center Association. She is a graduate of Leadership Hot Springs Class 30 and serves on the Garland County Domestic Violence Taskforce.

Captain Cosgrove received the Employee of the Year Award from the Arkansas Juvenile Detention Association in 2002, and the Employee of the Year Award in 2001, 2004, and 2009, from Lodge 26, Fraternal Order of Police.

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The Ray Coleman Correctional Administrator of the Year

Cornita A. Riley, CJMChief of CorrectionsOrange County Corrections DepartmentOrlando, Florida

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Chief Cornita A. Riley has more than 35 years of experience in the field of corrections. As the head of the fifth largest jail in Florida, she oversees a budget of $151 million and a staff of more than 1,700 employees—including 1,000-plus certified correctional officers. She provides command responsibili-ties to more than 2,500 inmates and approximately 4,800 people in community corrections programs, including Alternative Community Service and Misde-meanor Probation.

Chief Riley began her career in corrections in 1981 as a correctional probation officer with the Florida Department of Corrections. She was promoted through the ranks from Assistant Superintendent to Regional Assistant Warden. In 1999, she joined the Orange County Corrections Department as Manager of the Special Facilities and Inmate Services Division. In 2003, she was appointed to Deputy Chief, and in 2013, was appointed Chief of Corrections.

Chief Riley’s numerous credentials include a bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation counseling from Florida State University, and a master’s degree in the exec-utive master’s public administration program from the University of Central Florida. She is a Certified Corrections Executive (CCE), Certified Jail Manager (CJM), Certified Public Manager (CPM), and Certified Correctional Officer (CCO).

In 2016, Chief Riley was recognized as Woman of the Year by the Women Executive Council of Orlando. In 2016, she was a runner-up for the Orlando Sentinel’s 2016 Central Floridian of the Year. Also in 2016, the Florida Diver-sity Council recognized her as one of its Most Powerful & Influential Women honorees.

Chief Riley serves on several professional and civic boards, and is a member of many professional and civic organizations.

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Francis R. “Dick” Ford Distinguished Service Award

Susan W. McCampbell, CJMPresidentCenter for Innovative Policies, Inc.Naples, Florida

Susan McCampbell is President of the Center for Innovative Public Policies, Inc., a not-for-profit company specializing in public policy consulting, and McCampbell and Associates, Inc.

Ms. McCampbell has led projects of importance to jails, including jail recruitment, retention, and leadership development; Discover Corrections; curriculum to effectively manage a multi-generational workforce; leadership core competen-cies; resource guides for newly appointed wardens; and curriculum development and delivery of training for the National Jail Leadership Command Academy.

Ms. McCampbell is currently a Federal court monitor for the jail systems in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Orleans Parish, Louisiana, as well as the monitor in a private consent agreement for a New Jersey jail. She was the Special Master for six years in the matter of the USA v. U.S. Virgin Islands, and served as a Federal court monitor for six years in the matter of the USA v. Cook County, Ill.

Ms. McCampbell was the Director, Department of Corrections, for Broward County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office for four years, where she oversaw the daily oper-ations of a jail system with 4,200 inmates, 3 facilities, and 1,800 employees. She served as the Chief Deputy/Acting Sheriff for six months following the death of the Sheriff.

Ms. McCampbell also worked as Assistant Sheriff, City of Alexandria, Virginia, Sheriff’s Office for 11 years; as a program director for The Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, D.C.; and spent seven years as a regional crimi-nal justice planner in Northern Virginia.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the School of Govern-ment and Public Administration, The American University, Washington, D.C., and a master’s degree in city and regional planning from the School of Architecture and Engineering, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. She is a lifetime member of AJA.

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