Dear Governor Christine Gregoire; State Senators and

Representatives; Teamsters Local 117; Washington State

Federation of State Employees (WFSE), and United States

Department of Justice:

We are 7,500 employees of the public safety agency known as the

Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC). We are also

retired employees, employees’ families, and staff who were forced to

resign, unlawfully terminated, or laid off.

We are expressing our concerns in this Vote of No Confidence

Petition against Prison Director Dan J. Pacholke and Assistant

Secretary of Community Corrections Division Annemarie Aylward.

These concerns are detailed in mismanagements resulting in disparate

treatment, rape, discrimination, selective enforcement, unfair/ harsh

discipline, favoritism, cronyism, fraud, waste, abuse, cover-ups, lack

of accountability and transparency, and unethical behavior at the

headquarters and field management levels with our department. We

are expressing our concerns in this Vote of No Confidence Petition

against Prisons Director Dan J. Pacholke and Assistant Secretary

Community Corrections Division Annemarie Aylward. These

concerns are detailed in countless documented mismanagements

resulting in disparate treatment, rape, discrimination, selective

enforcement, unfair/harsh discipline, favoritism, cronyism, fraud,

waste, abuse, cover-ups, and lack of accountability and transparency

at the HQ and field management levels within our department.

Prisons Director Dan J. Pacholke, Assistant Secretary Community

Corrections Division Annemarie Aylward, Correctional Industries

Director Lyle Morse, Deputy Director of Prisons Command “B” Earl

Wright, Deputy Director of Prisons Command “A” Scott R. Franks,

are those named among others, responsible for managing Community

Corrections, Prisons, and Correctional Industries in a manner

detrimental to Community Corrections and Prison employees, to the

public of which we serve, local law enforcement, and the incarcerated

offender population.

We have addressed our concerns through multiple channels dating

back several years prior to this Vote of No Confidence Petition,

including many state agencies, such as own Internal Discrimination

Complaint System (IDC) and Workplace Investigation Unit,

Washington State Human Rights Commission, Department of Social

Health and Services (DSHS), Department of Corrections Labor

Relations, Department of Personnel, State Attorney General’s Office,

and State Auditor’s Office, only to have the facts provided in our

complaints dismissed and retaliation to follow. After each complaint

there are documented cases of retaliation against those who dared

speak up and there have been cover-ups to protect those involved in

the wrongdoing.

The Vote of No Confidence Petition reveals the lack of leadership of

Prisons Director Dan Pacholke and Assistant Secretary Community

Corrections Division Annemarie Aylward, the deficiency of

management ability of other DOC officials – and most importantly

demonstrates that morale has reached an all time low.

Therefore, we the undersigned who are Department of Corrections

Community and Prison employees, retired, resigned, laid- off,

unlawfully terminated, veterans, and family members request that

Washington State Department of Corrections officials responsible be

removed from their positions in order to move towards reforming

Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) and Correctional

Industries (CI).

We realize that this is not an easy task to undertake, however, this is

the option we are left to pursue and call for your support in order to

stop the deliberate and unequivocal abuse of power. Additionally, the

every person's signature on this petition are not to be retaliated against

by Prisons Director Dan J. Pacholke, other Department of Corrections

officials, or any other Washington State personnel for coming forward

in an attempt to voice their concern on the present state of affairs

within the Department of Corrections.

Others who are responsible:    

Human Resources Program Manager Lorna Ovena    

Human Resources Regional Manager Karen Hopper    

Human Resources Regional Manager Lois R. Bergstrom    

Human Resources Consultant Max Carrera    

Human Resources Workplace Investigator Cindy Greenslitt    

Field Administrator Debra Conner    

Field Administrator Ron Peterson    

Community Corrections Supervisor Todd Wiggs    

Community Corrections Supervisor Ben Brink    

Program Manager Family Services Joenne McGerr    

Chief of Emergency Operations Tomas P. Fithian

Superintendent Eleanor Vernell    

Superintendent Patrick Glebe    

Superintendent Douglas O. Cole    

Superintendent Stephen D. Sinclair    

Superintendent Wanda McRae    

Superintendent Margaret M. Gilbert    

Superintendent Scott J. Russell    

Associate Superintendent David T Flynn    

Correctional Program Manager Norman Caldwell    

Correctional Program Manager Michael Hines    

Correctional Unit Supervisor Reed P. Leisinger    

Correctional Specialist Miles, Lawson    

Director of Communications Belinda D. Stewart    

Labor Relations Manager Angela Roberts    

Former Firearms Trainer Al Strup    

Correctional Industries Consumables Tom Beierle    

Correctional Program Manager Tracy L. Hitson

Sincerely,

The Concerned Citizens of Washington State

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