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Bill 865

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      865
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020110
Primary Sponsor:                  J. Verne Smith
All Sponsors:                     J. Verne Smith, Verdin, Fair, Anderson, 
                                  Thomas
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1672dw02.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20020123
Subject:                          Women's Correctional Institute to be 
                                  renamed the Camille Griffin Graham 
                                  Correctional Institute


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020123  Adopted, returned to Senate
                  with concurrence
House   20020122  Committee report: Favorable            24 HIMR
House   20020115  Introduced, referred to Committee      24 HIMR
Senate  20020110  Introduced, adopted, sent to House


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COMMITTEE REPORT

January 22, 2002

    S. 865

Introduced by Senators J. Verne Smith, Verdin, Fair, Anderson and Thomas

S. Printed 1/22/02--H.

Read the first time January 15, 2002.

    To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 865) to request the South Carolina Department of Corrections to name the Women's Correctional Institution the "Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution", etc., respectfully

    That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

RONALD N. FLEMING for Committee.

TO REQUEST THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO NAME THE WOMEN'S CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION THE "CAMILLE GRIFFIN GRAHAM CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION" AND TO ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS TO THAT EFFECT.

Whereas, in 1977, Camille Griffin Graham served as the first female warden of an adult male correctional facility in South Carolina, the Maximum Detention Retraining Center adjacent to the Central Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. At that time in our state's history, the Maximum Detention Retraining Center housed the most violent and difficult to manage inmates in the entire prison system; and

Whereas, she graduated from Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a bachelor's degree in English, and continued her education at the University of South Carolina receiving a master's degree in counseling psychology and post-masters study as a Ph.D. candidate in counselor education with emphasis in criminal justice; and

Whereas, Camille Griffin Graham began her illustrious thirty-year career in corrections as a group and individual counselor at the Department of Youth Services (which has since been renamed the Department of Juvenile Justice). She established the first successful coeducational group counseling program within the State of South Carolina for incarcerated juveniles, and she developed special programs and treatment for violent and special needs youth; and

Whereas, she performed with competence and distinction as Warden of the Maximum Detention Retraining Center for the South Carolina Department of Corrections. She was subsequently recruited by the State of Arizona, where she rose to the level of Deputy Director for Arizona Department of Corrections; and

Whereas, Camille Griffin Graham has published The Corrections Yearbook for twenty years and has prolifically authored other publications which provide the blueprint for sound correctional practice nationwide in many areas, including prison riots, management of correctional staff, management of crowded prisons, prison gang violence, correctional contracting and privatization, and women in corrections; and

Whereas, she distinguished herself as a national consultant and member of an extraordinary number of correctional associations, institutes, and academies. Her knowledge of correctional systems and practice has resulted in court appearances as an expert witness. She received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Correctional Officers in 1981. She currently provides direction to correctional systems through research, technical assistance, analysis, and planning as Principal, Criminal Justice Institute, Inc., and Managing Partner, Criminal Justice Solutions, LLC; and

Whereas, for sixteen years she has served as the Executive Director of the Association of State Correctional Administrators and in that capacity provides support, training, professional growth, and a monthly newsletter for the leaders of this nation's state departments of corrections; and

Whereas, Camille Griffin Graham is an esteemed professional whose contributions to modern correctional practice continue to benefit corrections professionals and those in their charge. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, request the South Carolina Department of Corrections to name the Women's Correctional Institution the "Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution" and to erect appropriate markers or signs to that effect.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Camille Griffin Graham and to the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

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