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Springfield supervisor Daniel Cruz named 2021 American Jail Association’s Correctional Supervisor of the Year
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Springfield - Daniel Cruz, Security Supervisor for the Hampden County Sheriff’s All Inclusive Support Services center on State Street in Springfield, was named the 2021 American Jail Association’s Correctional Supervisor of the Year.
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LUDLOW – After nearly 20 years with the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, Daniel Cruz, the security supervisor for the department’s All Inclusive Support Services center in Springfield, has been named the American Jail Association’s 2021 Correctional Supervisor of the Year.
The national award is given to a person who leads staff by example, inspires excellence and improves overall morale through their attitude.
Correctional staff in Hampden, Worcester counties are getting vaccinated at rates higher than the state, but vaccine myths persist
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
More than 60% of Hampden and Worcester counties’ correctional staff have agreed to in-house COVID-19 vaccinations, a rate about 10% higher than Department of Correction employees statewide. It’s a trend that’s helped multiple facilities slowly return to normal operations, including increased visitations and educational programming for inmates.
Prisoners and correctional officers in Massachusetts were among those included in the first phase of the state’s vaccination rollout.
But local officials say they’re still striving to stamp out vaccination myths and misinformation among correctional officers and inmates, even though the virus has infected more than 2,700 Massachusetts prison and jail workers and left 22 inmates dead. Nationwide, distrust in prison administration and the handling of the pandemic prompted several