Correctional Professional Week (5/4 – 5/10)

Governor Bill Lee has issued a proclamation designating May 4^th through 10th, 2025, as Correctional Professionals’ Week in Tennessee.

Celebrated each year during the first full week of May, Correctional Professionals Week recognizes the hardworking men and women who work in correctional facilities, community supervision offices, day reporting centers, and in other critical roles across the state.

The Tennessee Department of Correction employs approximately 6,000 correctional professionals statewide, who protect Tennessee’s communities by maintaining custody, control, and supervision of offenders while also aiding in their rehabilitation and successful reentry.

In 1984, President Ronald Regan proclaimed the first full week in May as National Correctional Officers Week and since then, it has been expanded to include all correctional professionals.