A major at Pontiac Correctional Center wrote a letter commending a correctional officer, Deana Barrus, for discovering during a visit that the visitor was a former inmate. The officer's discovery helped ensure the safety of staff and inmates in the Medium Security Unit. The major appreciated the officer's work in this area of security.

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ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT
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CORRECTIONS
Jim Edgar
Governor
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Pontiac Correctional Center I P.O. Box 991 Pontiac::, II. 81784 I Telephontit: (1~16) 842-281 e
TOO: (800) 528·0844
MEMORANDUM
DATE: February 17l 1998
TO: C/O Deana Barrus
FROM: F.M. Watson, Major
Medium Security Unit
SUBJECT: Letter of Commendation
This is to commend you for a job well done in your discovery of a visitor being a
former inmate, and subsequent termination of the visit on February 12, 1998. Your
discovery helps to ensure the safety of staflfn in. ma s on the Medium Security
Unit. I greatly appreciate your work in this ar a,
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F.M. W~f,sqn,Major
MediumSe"curity Unit
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cc: Warden Gilmore
A/W Lowery
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