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2023 E.R. Cass Award Banquet

Gary C. Mohr

Viola Riggin, BHSA, CHSA, CCE

E.R. Cass awardees feted in Philadelphia T he 153 rd Congress of Correction E.R. Cass banquet featured four corrections legends earning the highest honor the corrections

worked in corrections for over 39 years and is recognized as a national expert in the field of correctional health care. Derrick Schofield had a distinguished career working in state correctional systems in Georgia and Tennessee for 26 years. He served most recently as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC). Michelle Staples-Horne, M.D. , has been medi cal director for the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice for more than 20 years and is responsible for the clinical supervision of medical services to youths served by the department.

industry can bestow. The honorees were Gary C. Mohr, Viola Riggin, Derrick D. Schofield and Michelle Staples-Horne.

153 RD CONGRESS OF CORRECTION Gary Mohr spent nearly 50 years working in corrections, starting as a teacher in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the agency he led from 2011 to 2018. After his re tirement, he served as president of the American Correctional Association. Viola Riggin is a founder and majority part ner of Vital Core Health Strategies, LLC. She has Derrick D. Schofield, Ph.D.

— KIRK RAYMOND

Michelle Staples-Horne, M.D.

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