Corrections Officer Heroes

After calling for help CO Hanna Suite defended herself and was helped by other inmates

Riley County Police Department recognized Lt. Travis Freidline, officer Daniel Zoeller, officer José Flores and officer Tanner Bolton for life-saving actions

Correctional Deputy Arturo Romero was a 24-year member of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office

Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm, 61, died at a hospital following the attack, which police are investigating as an “intentional act of homicide"

Marion County Deputy John Durm was returning the murder suspect to jail when the inmate attacked Durm

Officer Keith Lynch, an Army veteran and CO for the past 16 years, has expressed interest in an emotional support dog

Michael Tisius, 42, died by lethal injection at 6:10 p.m. for killing two COs during a botched jail escape

Michael Tisius is scheduled to die by injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the Randolph County Jail

The delay comes after Michael Tisius' lawyers claimed a juror in his 2010 resentencing could not read or write

In his 12 years as a CO, Officer Scott Riner mentored many of the inmates he oversaw and tried to steer them toward productive lives after prison

Michael Tisius was 19 years old when he murdered two Randolph County corrections officers during a botched escape attempt in 2000

When Michael Tisius tried to escape the Randolph County Jail in 2000, he shot and killed corrections officers Jason Acton and Leon Egley

There have been 26 federal correctional officers who have died in the line of duty

The week was proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan to acknowledge the courage and heroism it takes to dedicate your life and career to such a role

"The important work of correctional officers often does not receive the recognition from the public it deserves," President Reagan said in 1984