Mayor Michael Bloomberg administered the oath of office to 306 Recruit Officers at the April 17 Correction Academy graduation ceremony at Brooklyn College. 
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“ABLE provides adolescents in our custody the opportunity to develop the problem-solving and decision-making skills they need to turn their lives around.” --Dora Schriro, Commissioner
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Mayor Bloomberg held a press conference at the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility on Rikers on February 21 to announce the Department of Correction’s groundbreaking Individualized Correction Achievement Network (I-CAN) project.
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Deputy Mayor Gibbs and representatives from the Department of Education (DOE), the Osborne Association, and Friends of the Island Academy joined Commissioner Schriro at Robert N. Davoren Center Chapel on January 29, to recognize and thank uniform and program staff who facilitate the new Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (ABLE) Program, which has been expanded to serve all adolescents in DOC custody.
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On December 31, 2012, Commissioner Schriro tapped Evelyn A. Mirabal to become Chief of Department of the New York City Department of Correction, making her the department’s highest ranking uniform officer.
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Building on his record of reducing crime, the Mayor Bloomberg announced a plan in December to bolster support for people with mental illness who become involved with the criminal courts.
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The New York Times reports on how NYCDOC stepped up to help those in need following Hurricane Sandy.
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Every November, NYCDOC staff supervise inmates in the Osborne Association’s Fresh Start program—which provides training in culinary arts, computer literacy and life skills—so they can prepare Thanksgiving meals on Rikers Island and deliver them to needy people in the community.
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After Rikers Island withstood the impact of Superstorm Sandy, NYCDOC staff went into high gear reaching out to those hardest hit.  See links below for some of the ways NYCDOC is helping neighbors in need.
Helping Sandy Victims in Queens and Brooklyn 
First Responders for FEMA 
Beauty and the Boldest 

Given its high elevation, Rikers Island can withstand storms like Hurricane Sandy and, as expected, no evacuation was needed.  There was no power outage, no flooding and no inmates or staff were in harm’s way—although the storm left a mark on the island’s flags (see photo, above).
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Recruit Officer Powell Dupreme, his mother, Correction Officer Belinda Ifill, and Deputy Warden Clayton Augustus pause after marching in the African American Day Parade, in Harlem.
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On the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, we pause to acknowledge and honor the DOC staff who responded to the tragic attack on lower Manhattan eleven years ago. 
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Retired Captain Wendell Sealy, President of the Association of Caribbean-Americans in Correction, marched along side Commissioner Dora Schriro and many uniform members in the 45th annual West Indian Day Parade. 
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The Department of Correction Canine Unit put its newest four-legged recruits through their training paces this week on Rikers Island. 
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On August 10, 183 men and 127 women graduated from the Department of Correction Academy at a ceremony at Brooklyn College. 
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The school libraries at the Rose M. Singer Center and the Robert N. Davoren Center on Rikers Island were dedicated at the end of July to the memories of two youths—a son and a daughter of DOC Correction Captains.
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Correction staff and inmates have been busy this summer with a series of professional and cultural events, including a performance of the NY Public Theater’s “Richard III.”
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On Tuesday, July 10, Correction Officers Louis Giraldi and Lee Mitchell were working outside the Richmond Supreme Court building, on Staten Island, when a prisoner escaped from the van of a nearby psychiatric center. 
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