In honor of Women's History Month, the Department of Corrections will highlight some of the exceptional women who work for the DOC and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. We are grateful for the wonderful women who work in Pennsylvania's criminal justice system.
Gracanne Dreibelis-Drapcho
Psychological Services Specialist
SCI Benner Township
Psychological Services Specialist and Mental Health Coordinator Gracanne Dreibelis-Drapcho began her DOC career at SCI Benner Township in 2013. In her five years of service she has distinguished herself in a way most others only hope to emulate. She serves as mental health coordinator at the prison, which is one of the 14 sites designated across the DOC to house seriously mentally ill inmates.
She acts as a liaison with the psychiatric provider and coordinates care for more than 2,000 inmates, 800 of whom are on the mental health roster and 300 of whom are designated as seriously mentally ill. Gracanne spends a fair amount of time coordinating care for those who are experiencing a crisis event in psychiatric observation cells and ensuring inmates are seen by the Psychiatric Review Team to create Individual Recovery Plans to guide treatment.
Gracanne was nominated for the DOC's Outstanding Performance Award in 2016 and has more than 20 years of experience in community and corrections mental health care and delivery. She has been a licensed professional counselor since 2003.
Jennifer Rossman
Corrections Classification Program Manager
SCI Benner Township
Corrections Classification Program Manager Jennifer Rossman has been employed with DOC since 1998. In her 20 years of exemplary service, she worked at Houtzdale as a drug and alcohol treatment specialist, a drug and alcohol treatment manager and a unit manager. In 2013 she laterally transferred to SCI Benner Township upon its opening and was promoted to corrections classification program manager shortly after her transfer to the prison in 2015.
Jennifer serves as the facility's Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) compliance manager. She educates staff, volunteers and inmates on policy requirements and federal standards. She ensures the provision of standardized treatment programming for inmates recommended for participation. She functions as a member of the Program Review Committee (PRC) in order to effectively manage the disciplinary and appeal processes, as well as administrative hearings and reviews.
Jennifer regularly tours all areas of the facility, interacting with staff and inmates, ensuring awareness of the functioning of the facility and also ensuring effective communication to and from management staff. She is an integral member of the administrative team and is a model employee who sets the example for all staff in the way she lives the culture of SCI Benner Township.
She has been accepted in the Leadership Development Institute and begins this prestigious program in July 2019. She Graduate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's 2017 Mentoring Program.
Miriam Delozier
Lieutenant
SCI Benner Township
Lieutenant Miriam Delozier has been employed by DOC for more than 20 years working at SCI Cresson prior to working at SCI Benner Township. She has been a mailroom inspector, commissary supervisor and worked her way up through ranks from corrections officer 1 to sergeant and then lieutenant.
Miriam emulates a positive can-do attitude every day. She is eager to learn and always does the right thing even when no one is looking. She is the local Hostage Negotiation Team leader which is a natural fit because she possesses outstanding interpersonal communication skills.
She served in the Army as a tactical communication specialist from 1988-1992.