On June 6-8, Chaplaincy Program Directors (CPDs), completed training at the DOC Training Academy in Elizabethtown. Rev. Ulli Klemm, (Religious Services Administrator) and Rev. Dr. Tami Hooker (Assistant Religious Services Administrator) led the training. Abby Trovinger and Tara Wikhian (Assistant Counsel), Jordan Kohler (Senior Accountant, Bureau of Administration) and Lt. Jason Berfield and Joshua Graubard (Bureau of Investigations and Intelligence) lent their expertise as well. The training addressed the complicated and intriguing intersection of religion, corrections and the law. CPD’s received clarification on accommodating Fellowship Meals, processing religious accommodations, the parameters for inmate-facilitated religious gatherings, legal considerations, the proper use of IGWF monies, audits of Religious Services and more.
Pictured (from L to R):
Front Row- Rt. Rev. Dr. Dan McKing (DAL); Rev. Rafael Torres Jr. (PHX), Rev. Stacy Shaffer (FRS), Rev. Darlene Johnson (CBS), Rev. James Akrong (CHS), Rev. Abner Garcia (ALB); Rev. Ulli Klemm (Religious Services Admin., DTS)
2nd Row- Rev. Dr. Marilu Ickes (Chaplain, SMR), Rev. Aaron Reitz (ROC), Dr. Yusuf Aliyu (FRA), Rev. Samuel Anyanwu (CAM), Rabbi Joseph Kolakowski (WAM), Rabbi Elisar Admon (FYT)
3rd Row- Rev. Stephen Sinclair (SMI); Rev. Dr. Tami Hooker (Asst. Religious Services Admin., DTS); Rev. Henry Hansard (BEN), Rev. Jabulani Sibanda (GRN)
Far Back Row- Rev. Justin Rainey (PNG); Rev. Phil Maust (SMR), Rev. Nathan Starr (HUN), Rev. Dr. John Caudle (MUN)
Present but not pictured- Rev. Dr. Benjamin Scott (MAH) [Photo by Kirk Felix, Training Academy]