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Faribault's Westphal Promotes to WOOC AWO
Please help congratulate Laura Westphal in her promotion to WOOC Associate Warden of Operations. Laura has an extensive history in corrections, joining the rank of Corrections Officer in 1991 at Shakopee Correctional Facility. She rose to the rank of Lieutenant in 2015, at which time she transferred to Faribault Correctional Facility. Laura was hired as a Corrections Program Director in 2017, staying in that position until 2019 when she was promoted to Associate Warden of Administration. Laura has managed several large-scale departments policies including Property, Hobby Craft, Religious Programming. She was instrumental in Department’s Control Tactics/Self Defense, Use of Force, Situational Awareness curricula. She has participated in Faribault Futures Leadership Program and our Department’s Advanced Leadership Development Program. Congratulations Laura!
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Faribault's Tobin Promotes to Executive Assistant
By Melissa Paquette
Please help me welcome Kari Tobin to the position of Executive Assistant! Kari has a notable history of advanced level administrative support experience, including Advancement/Administrative Assistant and Marketing Specialist, Office and Administrative Specialist Intermediate, Senior, and Principal. She has her Associate of Applied Science from the Minnesota School of Business, and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota. Skillsets include BCA Single Certification, Notary Public, Adobe Creative Suite Application, and Project Management. She has been active in FRB's Safety and Wellness committee and is a mentor for Faribault's mentor program. Welcome Kari!
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Faribault Promotes Paige Morris to Volunteer Services Coordinator
Be Melissa Paquette
Paige Morris began her career with the DOC in 2019 as an OAS-I in Health Services at Faribault. In 2020, she was promoted to OAS-Sr in Health Services where she transferred departments to Physical Plant in 2021. During her time with the DOC, she has enjoyed building positive relationships with staff and contractors and is excited to continue promoting the DOC in her new position as Volunteer Services Coordinator. Paige has an A.A.S. degree from DCTC. Paige's promotion is effective July 5th. Congratulations Paige!
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Faribault Holds Lieutenant Retreat!
By Melissa Paquette
MCF-Faribault held an all-day Lieutenant retreat at the Faribault Police Department on June 13 & 22. The retreat was held to show appreciation & support for the hardwork that facility Lieutenants do on a daily basis.
The morning consisted of Warden Beltz presenting the new curriculum for "Effective Communication in Corrections" to facility Lieutenants and Captains. Staff were able to give valuable feedback and provide suggestions upon completion. The afternoon consisted of Captains having open discussions with the group on succession planning, Lt. duties, pros/cons of Lt. positions as well as an entertaining table top exercise to finish out the day.
THANK YOU to all of the FRB Lieutenants for all that you do!
Staff listed below attended one or both of the trainings:
Lieutenants----Proehl, Frantesl, Morgan, Opsal, Dusbabek, Kasten, Sunde, Olson, Duffy, Sutlief, McCarthy, Wilkemeyer, Sterling, Hanson, Davis, Ward, Wadzinski, Mueller & Wagner
Warden Beltz
AWA Westphal
Captains----Paquette, Mitchell, Dahlen & Cunningham
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Amanda Tuthill Promotes to CPD at Faribault!
By Melissa Paquette
Amanda began her career with the DOC in 2009 as a Corrections Officer at MCF-Faribault. She completed a one year WOOC Case Manager position in 2012, promoted to a Transitions Coordinator in 2013 and obtained a permanent Case Manager position later that year. Amanda has been involved in many pilots and initiatives involving streamlining case management and transition services to better align with the person centered approach, including most recently the DOC virtual court team, Faribault's caseload restructure pilot and Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).
She has been involved with a variety of committees throughout her career to include, Restorative Justice, Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), Gender Identity Committee, Integrated Conflict Management System (ICMS), Workforce Development Recruitment, Special Operation Response Team (SORT), PRT and Mentor.
Amanda has a B.S. Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation - Criminal Justice with a minor in Sociology from UW-Stout and completed her internship at MCF-Stillwater in case management. Amanda's promotion is effective June 21st.
Congratulations CPD Tuthill!
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Shout Out: Faribault Maintenance Staff
By Melissa Paquette
I'd like to give a huge Shout Out to the FRB maintenance staff that assisted with multiple issues recently.
As the OD, I was contacted with several facility concerns that required immediate resolution. Within a few hours, the facility had a living unit without A/C, lost hot water throughout the facility, and experienced a truckgate malfunction.
Scott Ewest (Power Plant Chief Engineer), Brett Grunklee (Plant Maintenance Engineer), Tim Conway (Stationary Engineer), Bob Steele (Stationary Engineer) and Chad Robertson (Electronic Systems Specialist) were all instrumental in ensuring these issues were resolved with little to no disruption to normal operations.
Thank you for your great work! You are greatly appreciated!
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Faribault Celebrates Corrections Week
By Melissa Paquette
MCF-Faribault elected to celebrate and show appreciation for staff throughout the month of May rather than just during Corrections Week. The work that each of our staff does on a daily basis is stressful and exhausting to say the least. We sincerely appreciate the hard work and dedication shown by MCF-FRB staff each and every day. Handing out treats, providing lunches and having food trucks on grounds are just small ways to recognize staff and say "Thank You" for all that you do.
Left to Right: Lt. Josh Sterling, Capt. Chris Mitchell, Warden Tracy Beltz & CPT3 Rebecca Ramsey 
Left to Right: CPT3 Jaime Paukert, CPT3 Sean Sisler, Capt. Arti Cunningham, CM Jason Starkson, Capt. Melissa Paquette, CM Quenilla Evans, CPT3 Rebecca Ramsey & CO2 Alec Pfarr 
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Faribault Shows Support for Stillwater and Oak Park Heights Staff
By Captain Martin Dahlen
Sergeant Jason Anderson and myself met with MCF-Oak Park Heights and MCF-Stillwater staff on April 29, 2023 as a show of support from MCF-Faribault. Appreciation banners signed by MCF-Faribault staff were presented and pizzas were provided.
The courage, dignity, and respect of MCF-Oak Park Heights/Stillwater staff was very apparent during our visit. Sgt. Anderson and myself were welcomed into both facilities and relayed Faribault's sincere appreciation for the work that must be done every day. Together we will continue to traverse the path of Corrections.
Special thanks for MCF-Faribault's Local 3607 for providing the pizzas.
L-R: Sgt. Anderson (FRB) and Officer Moua (OPH) 
L-R: Officer Ramirez (STW) and Sgt. Anderson (FRB) -
Faribault Staff Attend Tribal Relations Training
By Melissa Paquette
Warden Tracy Beltz, AWA Laura Westphal, Executive Assistant Kay Grunseth, and Lieutenant Josh Sterling attended the Tribal-State Relations Training on April 25-26. The mission of the training is to educate Minnesota state employees about American Indian tribal governments, histories, cultures, and traditions in order to empower state employees to work effectively with American Indians and promote authentic and respectful relationships between state agencies and American Indian tribes.
The vision is one community that values and promotes knowledge, understanding and respect for the American Indian governance, history, and way of life. Goals of the training included: educating state employees about American Indian people and governments, create partnerships, building respectful relationships between the State and Tribes, and create an enduring commitment by the state to learn about tribal governments.
Left to Right: Chairman Kevin Jensvold, upper Sioux Board of Trustees; Vice President Shelley Buck, Prairie Island Indian Community Tribal Council; President Robert L. Larsen, Lower Sioux Indian Community Tribal Council; Tadd Johnson, Esq., Professor Emeritus, moderator. -
Shout Out: Molly Gleason Faribault Training Specialist
By Jon Chappuis
I would like to give Molly Gleason a shout out. In her short time in Employee Development, Molly has become one that others look to for answers. Molly handles training tasks including Academy training and graduation, In-Service training, annual training plans, assisting with facilitation of the FRB Training Advisory committee amongst many others things, for over 600 staff at MCF-FRB. Molly also plays a vital role in helping with recruitment at the facility with the Workforce Development team.
Thanks Molly for all of your hard work!
