The Department has chosen a new company - Telmate - to provide inmate telephone services. Telmate's crews will install new phone equipment over the next six weeks, beginning at SRCI on Monday, May 14, 2012. There will be no disruption to phone service while the new equipment is being installed. The new telephone system will be activated statewide on July 1, 2012.

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a Federal tax credit incentive that Congress provides to private-sector businesses for hiring individuals from nine target groups who have consistently faced significant barriers to employment - one of the target populations being individuals who have released from prison. The main objective of this program is to enable the targeted employees to gradually move from economic dependency into self-sufficiency as they earn a steady income and become contributing taxpayers, while the participating employers are compensated by being able to reduce their federal income tax liability. WOTC joins other workforce programs that help incentivize workplace diversity and facilitate access to good jobs for American workers.

On Thursday, April 5, 2012, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF), along with Community Action Early Head Start was awarded the 2012 Public Health Recognition Award, presented by Washington County Department of Health and Human Services as part of the National Public Health Week celebration.