Korin v. Department of Corrections

DOYLE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Ira J. Korin (Appellant) from an order of the State Civil Service Commission (Commission) which upheld Korin’s suspension from his position as a Corrections Officer II, with the State Department of Corrections, SCI-Graterford (Appointing Authority) for a period of thirty working days effective August 1, 1988, on charges of violating portions of the Appointing Authority’s Code of Ethics.

The Commission found that at 4:00 p.m. on January 22, 1988, Korin received a call informing him that there was an inmate on E-Block smashing windows in his cell and threatening…