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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 90
	WHEREAS, One of the nation's highest ranking women in the 
field of corrections, Janie Cockrell is retiring as director of 
the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal 
Justice on August 31, 2003; and
	WHEREAS, A graduate of Sam Houston State University,
she began her tenure with the Texas prison system in 1976 as a 
correctional officer at the Goree Unit in Huntsville; she later 
served in social services, working with special needs offenders 
and supervising counselors, before being promoted to assistant 
warden at the Gatesville Unit in 1985 and senior warden at the 
Powledge Unit in 1990; and
	WHEREAS, In 1994 she entered the ranks of the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice's top management as a regional 
director of the institutional division; two years later, she was 
promoted to deputy director for support services at the division, 
in which capacity she supervised diverse statewide operations 
that included food services, laundry, inmate classification,
and community relations; and
	WHEREAS, Named deputy director for security of the 
institutional division in 1997, she was an exemplary supervisor 
of five regional directors and 73 unit wardens; in 2001 she was 
appointed to head the division, where she has overseen the 
operations of the 73 prison units that house more than 130,000
of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's total offender 
population; and

	WHEREAS, Having demonstrated outstanding commitment and 
integrity throughout her career, Janie Cockrell exemplifies the 
highest standards of her profession, and she stands as a role 
model for all who are part of the criminal justice system; a 
source of tremendous pride to the Lone Star State, she is most 
deserving of special legislative recognition; now, therefore,
be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
78th Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate
Janie Cockrell on her retirement from the Texas Department of 
Criminal Justice and extend to her best wishes for a happy and 
rewarding retirement; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be 
prepared for Ms. Cockrell as an expression of high regard from 
the Texas Senate.
                                                                         Staples




________________________________ 
    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on July 21, 2003.



________________________________ 
    Secretary of the Senate



________________________________ 
     Member, Texas Senate