Ms. Randolph has been working in Columbia at what is now known as Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center since 1988. Kirkland is where all of the state’s recently convicted inmates are brought before being evaluated and placed in one of the agency’s 28 correctional institutions.

Currently, Ms. Randolph serves as an Operations Officer, responsible each week for ensuring that more than 500 inmates are transported to the right institution. She also has worked in dormitories at the correctional institution and its mental health hospital, among other duties …

“Corrections is something new every day,” Ms. Randolph said after accepting her award at the annual Corrections award ceremony. “I’m always around different people and different personalities.”