PETITION FOR CHANGE
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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