Oregon corrections director honored with Michael Francke Career Achievement Award
Oregon Department of Corrections Director Colette Peters received the award.
Oregon Department of Corrections Director Colette Peters has been honored with the Michael Francke Career Achievement Award from the Correctional Leaders Association.
The association is dedicated to promoting, supporting and advancing the profession of corrections. Its members and associates lead mor than 400,000 correctional professionals and 8 million inmates, probationers and parolees. The association presented the award to Peters during an online meeting on Thursday, Dec. 17.
The award is named after the late director of the Oregon corrections department who was murdered outside his office in Salem on Jan. 17, 1989. It was created to recognize an associate who has given outstanding service to their agency or agencies in honor and memory of Francke.