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The Illinois Correctional Employees Memorial    Association was incorporated on October 26,    1999 in Springfield, Illinois to: 

Recognize and memorialize those    correctional   employees who have been killed   while   performing their duties; to establish, maintain and   construct a suitable    monument to record the   names of our fallen    heroes for posterity; and, to   create in the    names of those who have been   killed in the    line a duty a living memorial in the   form of    scholarships and awards for the   members of    the ICEMA.

The employees of the Illinois Department of    Corrections made this happen.  On May 10,    2001, the groundbreaking for the memorial    began.  One year later, on May 9, 2002, the    dedication of the Memorial Wall in conjunction    with the Correctional Officer of the Year    ceremony was held at the Department of    Corrections headquarters in Springfield, IL.  The    names of the department's fallen heroes are    inscribed on granite blocks featured on both sides   of the memorial wall as depicted on the home   page.