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Coach John Wetzel

1 year

Coach Miller ensuring our young men are prepared for the unthinkable; training our kids in #CPR - #problemsolvers #watchDEEZraiders @ELCOAthletics @ELCORaiderFB @elcosd @ELCOSupt

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3 years

Make that ESQ!!!!

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6 years

Seeing a lot of jokes about Robert Kraft. How about we all focus on #humantrafficking and the fact that they ladies were forced into prostitution. That shit ain’t funny.

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This . . . She’s a literal Genius! #SLOP

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On a Hail Mary with 0 seconds in the field!!!!! #GoHuskies @BloomUFootball - CONGRATS COACH SHEPTOCK ON #1 @SheptockFrank

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Coach John Wetzel

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7 years

News - Pa. prisons boss: Early childhood education decreases crime - @PennAEYC @CorrectionsPA #PADOC #ECE

Pa. prisons boss: Early childhood education decreases crime

CHESTER >> Pennsylvania Corrections Secretary John Wetzel stood before the State Correctional Institute at Chester Friday to stress the importance of investing in quality early childhood educ…

www.delcotimes.com

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Coach John Wetzel

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6 years

A1. I’m Secretary of @CorrectionsPA (representing our 17K great staff members) & the Pres of @ASCALeadership - PA will release 20K people this year, we are committed to have people leave our prisons better prepared to succeed & with an opportunity to thrive #SecondChanceMonth

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Coach John Wetzel

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5 years

Pleading Guilty to Get Out of Jail - critical look @ how the unchecked #bail is costing taxpayers money by locking up folks who shouldn’t be. Not to mention the cost to the individual & their family. No one wins

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Coach John Wetzel

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7 years

"Do the right thing. It’s that simple. Do the right thing when the right thing is not popular. Do the right thing when no one else is around. Do the right thing when temptation tells you otherwise. Do the right thing all the time." Nick Saban

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Coach John Wetzel

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2 years

Omg this is funny.

Barstool Sports

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2 years

Whole party turned against Thanos real quick

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“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, & restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave w/bluster & boasting & rashness and other signs of insecurity.” Jimmy Carter

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

3 years

If you are looking for a place to make an impactful donation this holiday, please consider the Tyler J Horst Memorial Foundation. ⁦⁦ @BloomUFootball ⁩ ⁦ @CorrectionsPA ⁩ ⁦ @BloomsburgU ⁩ ⁦⁦ @ELCOHSAdmin ⁩

Donation by Elco grad, former state official a boost to Tyler Horst Foundation

Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Corrections and Elco grad John Wetzel returned to his alma mater on Tuesday to make donation in honor of Tyler Horst.

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Coach John Wetzel

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6 years

"The person who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt the one who is doing it." Chinese Proverb

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Coach John Wetzel

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5 years

Pa. secretary of @CorrectionsPA stresses importance of hiring former inmates during visit to Reading

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5 years

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” Dalai Lama

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Coach John Wetzel

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1 year

#letsgo #watchdeezraiders #2adays - LEAVE ME ALONE THIS WEEK!!!!

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Coach John Wetzel

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6 years

Ingredients for successful prison reform are all here, if politics-as-usual doesn't spoil the batter #FirstStepAct @ASCALeadership #LetsDoThis

Ingredients for successful prison reform are all here, if politics-as-usual doesn’t spoil the batter

PA Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel says The First Step Act gets us much closer to the ideal.

thehill.com

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

1 year

Fun one! Good start and every lineman contributed. Back to the grind. Tough one next week. Good thing it’s a #HOMEGAME - #watchdeezraiders

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Coach John Wetzel

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3 years

“If serving is below you leadership is beyond you.” Anonymous

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Coach John Wetzel

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4 years

“One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.” C.S. Lewis

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4 years

“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The Leader adjusts the sails." John C. Maxwell

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Coach John Wetzel

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5 years

It's time to expand educational access for incarcerated Americans — here's how #PellYes @CorrectionsPA

It’s time to expand educational access for incarcerated Americans — here’s how

Elected leaders and key policymakers in states around the country need to welcome the tablet technology that powered my incarcerated education available to every incarcerated American.

thehill.com

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Coach John Wetzel

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2 years

Messed around and got #LockedIn 🔒today by @Coach_Mul and @jwhite6_ - great day @LockHavenUniv #TikTok

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Coach John Wetzel

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3 years

Big shout out to #Corrections staff around the world spending their #Thanksgiving working! #americastoughestbeat #respect @CLALeadership @CorrectionsPA @ALCorrections @MoCorrections @PhillyPrisons @DauphinCounty @JROB2 @AnnePrecythe

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Coach John Wetzel

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8 years

Prayers for our brothers and sisters at Luzerne County Prison. #PADOC & the entire @GovernorTomWolf admin stands w/you during this tragedy.

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

11 months

So proud of our seniors. Lost 35-7 to a good twin valley team. @ELCORaiderFB - this season and tonight is about our seniors and the way they raised the standard. Great season raiders! #watchdeezraiders

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

1 year

And the last #cheerdad season begins . . . Dusty in here for sure.

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Coach John Wetzel

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4 years

Sad news for both @ELCORaiderFB and @BloomUFootball - such an impressive young man. Prayers to those who knew him. This young man was training to join special forces and serve his country.

Bloomsburg Huskies

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Bloomsburg University is mourning the loss of senior Tyler Horst, a fullback on the @BloomUFootball team. Tyler passed away on Saturday due to injuries sustained in a car accident. STORY:

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10 months

Merry Christmas

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Coach John Wetzel

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7 years

Very sad day for @CorrectionsPA - please pray for Sgt. Baserman's family, friends and…

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Coach John Wetzel

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5 years

Can’t express how exciting things are around the @ASCALeadership table. 18 new directors - 40 total in DC to #StormtheHill 2 educate and advocate for the tools we need to create good citizens inside our prisons. #LetsGo #PellYes #ASCAontheHill2019

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Coach John Wetzel

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3 years

“Opinion is the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self." - Plato

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5 years

“A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.” George S. Patton

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Coach John Wetzel

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6 years

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou

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Coach John Wetzel

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5 years

"I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care." Lou Holtz

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

5 years

FWIW - the Gov, General Assembly, POTUS, Congress, Courts - everyone is trying to do the right thing based on the information they have at this moment for the citizens of the country/state. Feedback is critical to them to adjust - criticism - give them a fucking break. For real.

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

6 years

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Coach John Wetzel

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6 years

“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.” ― Ronald Reagan

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Coach John Wetzel

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7 years

Corrections Secretary John Wetzel: 'It's frustrating, sitting at the back of the system'

"We all say, 'the tragedy, the tragedy'," Wetzel said. "Bull----. Do something."

www.pennlive.com

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

1 year

Hey ⁦ @Coach_Mul ⁩ - ⁦ @jwhite6_ ⁩ doing big things at the PA Capitol! #LockedIn 🦅🔒 ⁦ @LHU_Football ⁩ #letsgo #haveaplan

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Coach John Wetzel

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5 years

Never been prouder of my boss @GovernorTomWolf - a good man trying to do the right thing. #Wolfpack

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Coach John Wetzel

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3 years

Frank Sheptock Begins His Coaching Career At @BloomsburgU With A Trip To Stonehill - @BloomUFootball #letsgo - Better watch these DOGS this year!

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Coach John Wetzel

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6 years

Yes

Van Jones

@VanJones68

6 years

Socialism, Blackface and even Donald Trump?? How do you spell NUANCE? #VanJonesShow

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6 years

“Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.” William Howard Taft

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

4 years

So cool to have @CorrectionsPA partner & @steelers great @RockyBleier closing out our @CLALeadership conference on #leadership - amazing hero who also spends time mentoring young men in our facilities.

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

3 years

"Do the right thing. It’s that simple. Do the right thing when the right thing is not popular. Do the right thing when no one else is around. Do the right thing when temptation tells you otherwise. Do the right thing all the time." Nick Saban

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Coach John Wetzel

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4 years

"If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate." Sandy Dahl, wife of pilot of Flight 93 Jason Dahl

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Coach John Wetzel

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1 year

Looks like the AC/Elco “battle of the trenches” goes to the raiders for this one. Hard to believe the end of this rivalry. Enjoyed being part of ending it this way. #watchDEEZraiders @ELCORaiderFB @ELCOAthletics 49-7

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4 years

“Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow." -D.D. Eisenhower

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@johnewetzel

1 year

Earned 48 more minutes. #W #watchdeezraiders @ELCORaiderFB @ELCOAthletics

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Coach John Wetzel

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7 years

We’re IN! @arielahh headed to duquesnelaw !!!!!!!!!! #prouddadmoment #shedidthedamnthing

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Coach John Wetzel

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1 year

#watchDEEZraiders #PLAYOFF bound! #letsgo @ELCORaiderFB @ELCOAthletics

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Coach John Wetzel

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7 years

Pennsylvania sees 4th year of falling state prison numbers @correctionspa via @abc27News

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6 years

"I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care." Lou Holtz

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5 years

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Martin Luther King Jr.

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3 years

“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves.” General Colin Powell

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

5 years

#PellYes

PA Department of Corrections

@CorrectionsPA

5 years

Congrats to the eight SCI Phoenix inmates who graduated from @VillanovaU last month! Seven Bachelor of Arts and one Associates of Arts were awarded in General Liberal Arts Studies. One of the BA graduates even finished summa cum laude. #Graduation2019 #HigherEducation

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Corrections Secretary: More Funding for Pre-K Will Reduce Crime – @GovernorTomWolf pushing for a 50M increase. #letsdothis @PADeptofEd @PAHumanServices @CorrectionsPA @BloomsburgU @BasharHanna2 @statesystem @PreK4PA @FightCrime

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Coach John Wetzel

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6 years

“Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your disadvantage.” Tony Dungy

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5 years

How Norway Is Teaching America To Make Its Prisons More Humane - ⁦ @CorrectionsPA ⁩

What The U.S. Can Learn From The Most Humane Prison System In The World

The broken prison system is in desperate need of reform. U.S. prisons are trying to find answers overseas.

www.huffpost.com

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5 years

Hiring people w/a criminal record: #SecondChances = Smart Choices - LebTown - ⁦ @CorrectionsPA ⁩ ⁦ @PAChamber ⁩ ⁦ @PALaborIndustry ⁩

Hiring: Second Chances Equal Smart Choices

The Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting a free luncheon on Tuesday, Dec. 3, for regional employers to explore alternative solutions for filling workforce needs.

lebtown.com

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3 years

John E. Wetzel, Three-Term PA Sec of Corrections, to Join Philadelphia Department of Prisons as Consultant - excited to work with the PDP team to help them tackle their challenges - people with work and live inside the system deserve a healthy community!

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6 years

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

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“Civility is not a sign of weakness.” John F. Kennedy

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7 years

"People don't buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it." Simon Sinek

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5 years

For criminal justice reform efforts in Pennsylvania, 2019 was a big year via @CElocal

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6 years

Boy survives after being trapped underwater for close to eight minutes - saved by @CorrectionsPA SCI-Graterford Corrections Officer Skursky - A TRUE HERO! via @NBCNightlyNews

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3 years

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

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3 years

“Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many people you brought with you." Dr. Wil Rose

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4 years

“Others determine your reputation but only YOU determine your integrity." Tony Dungy

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5 years

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." Denis Waitley

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5 years

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today." Chinese Proverb

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3 years

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." Denis Waitley

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5 years

"Do not go where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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5 years

Your View: Why Pennsylvania should help former inmates get job licenses @CorrectionsPA #2ndChances #reentry

Your View: Why Pennsylvania should help former inmates get job licenses

Pennsylvania’s Senate has voted in favor of establishing long-term occupational licensing reforms. These reforms reduce the barriers many formerly incarcerated people face in obtaining jobs. …

www.mcall.com

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5 years

'College Behind Bars' documentary examines educating prisoners - ⁦ @CorrectionsPA ⁩ ⁦ @PADeptofEd ⁩ #reentry #2ndChances #workforcedevelopment (Via ABC27 News)

‘College Behind Bars’ documentary examines educating prisoners

Does educating prisoners lead to long-term good?

www.abc27.com

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Coach John Wetzel

@johnewetzel

2 years

After 11 YEARS off the sidelines and 20 YEARS off the #highschoolfootball sideline . . . I’m back #HOME - at #ELCO - survived heat acclimation (I swear I needed it lol) - we begin Monday. Remember I said this . . . #WatchdemRaiders @ELCORaiderFB #TikTok

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Coach John Wetzel

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7 years

My favorite podcast - talking with @Dr_Conte & @raylewis on @TacklingLife52 about how to make the world a better place. Love this. And can't wait until 52 is a HOFer

Episode 17: Secretary John Wetzel Tackles Criminal Justice Reform

Podcast Episode · Tackling Life · 01/06/2017 · 58m

podcasts.apple.com

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@johnewetzel

6 years

"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give." -Winston Churchill

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5 years

Sworn in for the final time as #PADOC Sec of Corrections - such an honor to serve PA this way. #LetsGo Thanks governortomwolf !

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7 years

Please read this. Especially if you care about fiscal conservatism, small government and performance based public policy.

Adam Gelb

@abgelb

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50-state data: no correlation between state drug imprisonment rates and drug use, arrest, overdose rates. Locking up more drug offenders increases punishment and taxpayer costs, but numbers don't show benefit for public health and safety. via @pewtrusts

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“Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your disadvantage.” Tony Dungy

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5 years

This is my absolute favorite #fatherhood picture. My greatest accomplishment is these four remarkable young ladies! #FathersDay2019

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5 years

4 am smoke by the full moon? Hell to the yeah! Chicken thighs, pork butt (to be pulled) ribs and salmon! #boutdatlife #smokin

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6 years

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure." Colin L. Powell

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6 years

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else up." Booker T. Washington

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6 years

A5. Enabling Pell eligibility for incarcerated individuals is the biggest priority. The transformational potential of #education is well known. Providing access to higher education while someone is incarcerated makes success more likely. #SecondChanceMonth #winning @PADeptofEd

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"Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions." George W Bush

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Honored to speak at @ChestnutHill commencement & receive Honorary…

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Fascinating discussion on data driven and innovative #reentry with @SecretaryAcosta @TilleyKY @BernardKerik

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"I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care." Lou Holtz

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2 years

Back in DC for @CLALeadership On the Hill. Last trip @IDOC_Illinois Director @JROB2 joined me in giving his senator and CJ Reform champion @SenatorDurbin our #leadership award. Sen Durbin & Dir Jeffries a dynamic duo. IDOC continues to lead innovation! #letsgo

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“Working hard for something we don't care about is called stressed; working hard for something we love is called passion." -Simon Sinek

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Just leaving @CorrectionsPA SCI-Mercer where we launched our partnership w/the #GuardianAngel medical service dog training program on our #VeteransServicesUnit . Our vets will train dogs for vets in PA! Big thanks to @RockyBleier & Sen Brooks! Giving back to move forward!!!!

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“Talent is equally distributed, access and opportunity are not”. @Garry_Gilliam talking to the #ElcoRaiders football team. @ELCORaiderFB building young leaders! #TheBridge in Harrisburg is IMPRESSIVE! Must see/support.

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“There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.” General Colin Powell

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“You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you." John Wooden

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“Civility is not a sign of weakness.” John F. Kennedy

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“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” — Stephen Covey

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"This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor." -John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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