Senate Resolution 120

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                 BY  REDFERN and DOTZLER
  1  3 A Resolution to honor the First Judicial District
  1  4    Department of Correctional Services for receiving
  1  5    the exemplary offender program award.
  1  6    WHEREAS, in 1998, the First Judicial District
  1  7 Department of Correctional Services instituted the
  1  8 dual diagnosis offender program at the Waterloo
  1  9 residential facility to treat male offenders suffering
  1 10 from both mental health and substance abuse disorders;
  1 11 and
  1 12    WHEREAS, treatment in the dual diagnosis offender
  1 13 program focuses upon enhancing the potential of the
  1 14 offender by facilitating the establishment of a law=
  1 15 abiding lifestyle with a stabilized mental condition
  1 16 free of chemical dependency; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, on January 14, 2004, the American
  1 18 Correctional Association presented the exemplary
  1 19 offender program award to the First Judicial District
  1 20 Department of Correctional Services in recognition of
  1 21 its demonstrated success through the dual diagnosis
  1 22 offender program; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, Thomas Bonefas, Cheryl Meyer, Ken
  1 24 Kolthoff, Patti Smilanich, Ross Todd, Mike Schreck,
  1 25 Helen Kemp, and Dick Graham are recognized for their
  1 26 contribution and dedication to the dual diagnosis
  1 27 offender program; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 28    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  1 29 recognize and honor the First Judicial District
  1 30 Department of Correctional Services for its success
  2  1 with the dual diagnosis offender program and its
  2  2 receipt of the exemplary offender program award; and
  2  3    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the
  2  4 Secretary of the Senate shall prepare official copies
  2  5 of this Resolution and send it to Gary Maynard,
  2  6 Director of the Iowa Department of Corrections, and to
  2  7 Daniel Craig, District Director of the First Judicial
  2  8 District Department of Correctional Services.
  2  9 LSB 6535SS 80
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