We honor the memory of AFSCME correctional officers and civilians who have been killed while on duty.
We honor the memory of AFSCME correctional officers and civilians who have been killed while on duty.
| NAME | ST | LOCAL | CN | WORKPLACE | DATE | CIRCUMSTANCE |
| Boyd, J. Roy | CA | 1902 | MWD | 3/28/1978 | Electrocuted, thrown and burned after opening an energized switch | |
| Prentiss, Granville | CT | 391 | 4 | Correctional Institution | 5/17/1981 | Prison riot |
| Gott, Tommy | IA | 3013 | 61 | Mitchellville Wmns Corr. Inst | 4/17/1987 | Suicide, falsely accused of sexually assaulting inmate. Later revealed to be false accusation. |
| Burd, Lt. Peter B. | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 1/10/1977 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. |
| Cole, Stanley | IL | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 7/22/1988 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. | |
| Conkle, Robert J. | IL | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 7/22/1978 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. | |
| Cushman, Lt. Joseph | IL | 31 | Menard Correctional Center | 10/24/1982 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. | |
| Daniels, Capt. Harold | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 2/29/1992 | Beaten by inmates. |
| Harbison, Cecil | IL | 1175 | 31 | Menard Correctional Center | 11/30/1984 | Multiple stab wounds |
| Harwenger, Ron | IL | 494 | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 1/1/1986 | Work-related stress, heart attack, stroke |
| Jefferson, Robert | IL | 31 | Sheridan Correctional Center | 4/1/1971 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. | |
| King, Frieda | IL | 494 | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 2/8/1983 | Found murdered from multiple stab wounds in a clothes locker. |
| Kush Jr., Lawrence | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 7/1/1989 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. |
| Lagos, Pete | IL | 494 | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 1/1/1987 | Heart attack |
| Moranville, Mike | IL | 494 | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 1/1/1988 | Stress-related suicide |
| Skaggs, Zoeth C. | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 11/24/1944 | Correctional officer died in the line of duty. |
| Thomas, Lt. William | IL | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 7/22/1978 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. | |
| Troeung, Suon | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 10/27/1988 | Attack and robbery of inmate commissary |
| Washington, Henry B. | IL | 31 | IL Youth Center/Joliet | 8/1/1986 | Youth supervisor died in the line of duty. | |
| Wheat, Bill | IL | 494 | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 1/1/1988 | Work-related stress, heart attack, transplant |
| Zeiger, James Patrick | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 1/11/1973 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. |
| Avery, Mark | KS | Lansing Maximum Security Prison | 5/22/1993 | Beaten by inmates. | ||
| Thompson, Christopher | MA | 1368 | 93 | Department of Youth Services/Charlestown Detention Unit | 7/3/2000 | Inmate altercation |
| Toulson, Herman | MD | 1427 | 92 | Maryland State Penitentary | 10/4/1984 | Stabbed by inmate during uprising. |
| Sperle, Tammy | MI | 5 | 25 | Huron Valley Men's Correctional Facility | 2/5/1996 | Beaten by inmate in prison store. |
| Thomas, Ray | MO | 1810 | 72 | Prison (facility n/a) | 1/1/1993 | Heart attack |
| Burroughs, Dave | NY | 627 | CSEA Local 1000 | SUNY Fredonia | 12/1/2004 | Killed in a forklift accident at the loading dock of the Faculty Student Association commissary. |
| Cunningham, Ed | NY | 1040 | 82 | Attica State Correctional Facility | 9/13/1971 | Inmate riot |
| D'Arcangelo, Jr, John | NY | 1040 | 82 | Attica State Correctional Facility | 9/13/1971 | Inmate riot |
| Payant, Donna | NY | 82 | Greenhaven Correctional Facility | 1/1/1980 | Murdered by an inmate. | |
| Petrosino, Peter "Mike" | NY | 1447 | 82 | Upstate Medical Center/Auburn Correctional | 10/24/1991 | Multiple drug resistant tuberculosis contracted from an inmate. |
| Quinn, William | NY | 1040 | 82 | Attica State Correctional Facility | 9/13/1971 | Inmate riot |
| Rock, Andrew | NY | 1000 | Clinton Correctional Facility | 7/27/2005 | Cardiac arrest from a bee sting. | |
| Snyder, William | NY | 1000-179 | Green Corectional Facility | 2/21/1986 | Boiler explosion | |
| Snyder, William | NY | 1000/179 | Green Correctional Facility | 2/21/1986 | Boiler explosion | |
| Spinelli, Vincent | NY | 1000/806 | Cayuga County Sheriffs Department | 8/6/1992 | Suffered a heart attack after an altercation with a prisoner. | |
| Valone, Carl | NY | 1040 | 82 | Attica State Correctional Facility | 9/13/1971 | Inmate riot |
| Werner, Donald | NY | 1040 | 82 | Attica State Correctional Facility | 9/3/1971 | Inmate riot |
| Bowling, Eric | OH | 11 | Southern Ohio Correctional Center | 2/2/1984 | ||
| Davis, Tommy | OH | 11 | Mansfield Correctional Inst | 6/26/1992 | Beaten and stabbed by inmate while working alone. | |
| Taylor, Beverly Jo | OH | 11 | Southern Ohio Correctional Center | 6/7/1990 | ||
| Vallandingham, Robert R. | OH | 11 | Lucasville Correctional Inst | 4/15/1993 | Held hostage in prison uprising. | |
| Perrine, Louis | OR | 3361 | 75 | Powder River Correctional Inst | 11/17/1994 | Supervising 10 inmates when a small tractor flipped over over on top of him. |
| Goodwin, Mathew | PA | 2498 | 13 | SCI-Greenburg | 1/29/1999 | Heart attack |
| Hutsko, Andrew J. | PA | State Correctional Institiution in Dallas, PA | 1/1/1987 | |||
| Morgan, Wayne | TN | 2173 | Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex | 8/9/2005 | Gun shot | |
| Nagle, Daniel | TX | 3890 | Texas Department of Corrections | 12/17/1999 | Stabbed to death. | |
| Wiley, Stan | TX | 3848 | 7 | Bill Clements Unit, Amarillo, Boot Factory | 1/29/2003 | Inmate slashed Boot factory supervisor-Wiley's throat from behind. |
| Spencer, Carlois | Library of Philadelphia | //2006 | Heart Attack | |||
| Bryant, Scott | IA | 2989 | 61 | Iowa State Penitentiary | 05/17/2004 | Hit by a car. |