Hays County Commissioners Court Proclaims May 7-13 Correctional Officers, Employees Week

They, along with other correctional employees, teach, train, mentor, counsel and treat thousands of offenders while providing them with direction, hope and a new focus for life outside of corrections.

Hays County Courthouse, TX – The Hays County Commissioners Court on Tuesday thanked correctional officers and employees for their hard work and dedication and proclaimed May 7-13 as National Correctional Officers and Employees Week in Hays County.

The proclamation notes that correctional officers are trained law enforcement professionals dedicated to maintaining secure correctional facilities and ensuring public safety. They, along with other correctional employees, teach, train, mentor, counsel and treat thousands of offenders while providing them with direction, hope and a new focus for life outside of corrections.

Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler, whose office operates the Hays County Jail, told the Court, “I’ll put the Hays County Correctional Officers up against any others in the state or country for the job they do every day. I’ve worked in other jails in my career and these are a fantastic crew of people. They work 12 hour shifts behind closed steel doors with some of the most dangerous people in the country.”

Cutler also noted that four of the 20 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2016 were correctional officers.

Precinct 3 Commissioner Will Conley said that correctional officers tend to be under-valued because they are out of sight and out of mind to the general public. “They have a very tough and necessary job that takes a lot of discipline, and we really appreciate what you do for our county and out state. Thank you for your service.”

Persons interested in a career as a correctional officer with Hays County can find information here.

PHOTO ABOVE: Left to right, front row, Lt. Eric Batch, Correctional Officers Jacob Wardlow and Raul Banuelos, and Sgt. Chad Edwards; on dais left to right, County Judge Bert Cobb, M.D., Precinct 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe, Precinct 2 Commissioner Mark Jones, Correctional Officers Bobby Ramirez and James Henry, Lt. Juan Saenz, Capt. Julie Villalpando, Cpl. Erica Hernandez, Cpl. Patricia Wright, Sheriff Gary Cutler, Precinct 3 Commissioner Will Conley and Precinct 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant, celebrate National Correctional Officers and Employees Week – May 7-13 – in Hays County.