IYC-Joliet Welcomes 11 New Juvenile Justice Interns
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Front Row: D. Gunier, C. Thomas, L. Ferguson, K. Lacy, R. Amos
Back Row: C. Vasel, C. Wingerter, M. Morthland, M. Klimeck, N. Plenty, J. Collins |
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IYC-JOLIET is pleased to welcome eleven newly hired Juvenile Justice Interns to their facility. Their journey began on June 29th 2009, at the Academy in Springfield, where they received intense training to work with all caliber of youth that reside at the facility. Since their arrival on July 31st, the Interns have been participating in “on the job” training and “job shadowing” with seasoned Juvenile Justice Specialists. New JJS Intern Celeste Thomas expressed her excitement about beginning her new journey and the initiation of a new career. When asked about her experience so far, she described the veteran staff of IYC-Joliet as extremely helpful and the resident youth as being respectful.
Highlights of this graduating class are:
JJS David Gunier is a fourth generation employee of IYC-Joliet following in the family tradition of his father, grandfather and great grandfather who all worked for the Illinois Department of Corrections;
JJS Cory Wingerter is the brother-in-law of current 10 year veteran JJS Lynda Wingerter;
JJS Ronald Amos was elected the Class President and;
JJS Lauren Ferguson was the Co- Recipient of the John Platt Academic Award with an over all academic score of 91%.
Superintendent Rita and ASO McCoy expressed their support for the new interns and wished them well in their new careers.
