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78R17519 JH-D

By:  Gallego                                                      H.R. No. 1682



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Val Verde County Jail and Correctional Facility 
in Del Rio has received accreditation from the National Commission 
on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), and this significant 
accomplishment has been achieved through the hard work and 
dedication of a highly professional staff; and
	WHEREAS, The NCCHC recognizes facilities that are in 
compliance with the organization's standards for health care in 
jails, standards that are currently met by less than five percent of 
all such facilities nationwide; and
	WHEREAS, Opened in January 2001 and managed by Wackenhut 
Corrections Corporation, the Val Verde County Jail and Correctional 
Facility won accreditation after little more than two years in 
operation; this outstanding success is due to the collective 
efforts of John Campbell, warden, Teresa Kesteloot, health services 
administrator, and the entire medical staff; and
	WHEREAS, By striving to safeguard the health of those 
incarcerated, the staff of the Val Verde County Jail and 
Correctional Facility is also helping to promote morale among the 
inmates and to protect the health of both those who work with them 
and the communities to which they will return; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate John Campbell, Teresa Kesteloot, 
and the medical staff of the Val Verde County Jail and Correctional 
Facility on its accreditation by the National Commission on 
Correctional Health Care and extend to them sincere best wishes for 
continued success.