The following people were recognized recently in Concord by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections. A total of 45 medals and citation bars were awarded to employees at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men and the Secure Psychiatric Unit/Residential Treatment Unit in Concord during National Corrections Employee Appreciation Week .

Medal of Honor: Corrections Officer Gerard Williams. This is the department’s highest award. Williams intervened to prevent an inmate from grabbing his partner’s gun during a transportation detail to Concord Hospital in May 2015 and is only the ninth recipient of this medal since the Department of Corrections was established in 1983.

Honorable Service: Corrections Officer Bret Richardson and Corrections Officer Brandon Westgate.

Line of Duty medal (for a wound inflicted intentionally by an adversary in the line of duty): Captain Ron Gagliardi

Life Saving citation bar: Nurse Natalie Correa, Corrections Corporal Laura Desautelle, urse Donna Dufresne, Corrections Officer Amanda DeSousa, Corrections Officer Jeanine Farris, Corrections Captain Ron Gagliardi, Senior Psychiatric Social Worker Deborah Green, Deputy Director Heidi Guinen, Corrections Officer Isaac Marquis and Corrections Officer Roy Tripp.

Team Commendation citation bar: Corrections Officer Peter Ash, Corrections Officer Ednerson Bazile, nurse Eric Brungot, Corrections Officer Todd Carr, Corrections Sergeant Benjamyn Carver (2), Corrections Officer Wayne DeFeo, Corrections Officer Amanda DeSousa (2), Corrections Sergeant Troy Fontaine, Corrections Officer Anthony Kappes, Corrections Officer Kenneth Kum (2), Corrections Captain Ron Gagliardi, Corrections Officer Paul Kimani, Corrections Officer Jeffrey Kratovil, nurse John Lombard, Corrections Officer Isaac Marquis, nurse Maria McKenna, Corrections Sergeant Michael Mosher, Corrections Corporal Robertson Murray, Corrections Officer Craig Orlando, Corrections Sergeant Robert Parent, Corrections Officer Donald Pritchard, Corrections Officer Ian Reinholz (2), Corrections Officer Bret Richardson (2), Corrections Officer Miguel Rubio, Corrections Sergeant Matthew Stefanczak, Corrections Corporal Jeremiah Totten and Corrections Officer Steven Witherell.