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Shawnee County Department of Corrections praises long-serving staff
Summary
Department of Corrections director Brian Cole recognized multiple corrections staff for long service — including a 20-year safety officer and transport officers — and highlighted program work supporting juveniles and community corrections.
Brian Cole, director of the Shawnee County Department of Corrections, used the work session to highlight long-serving corrections staff and their duties.
Cole praised a 20-year employee, "Josh has a job that's thankless," and detailed the day-to-day responsibilities of safety and transport officers, including court and emergency transports across jurisdictions. He also recognized Annette for 25 years of program work coordinating volunteers, inmate programs and infectious-disease-related duties in the juvenile side of the agency.
Cole emphasized the department's operational demands — inspections, sanitation, transports — and commended staff who maintain accreditation standards and community relationships.
