2007 Kevin Duggan Award Winners

Judges to Receive First Kevin Duggan Award

Two judges were selected to receive the first Kevin Duggan Community Service Award, named in honor Kevin Duggan, a long-time Quincy resident, who passed away in June 2006.

This special award will be presented to Attleboro District Court Judge Gregory Phillips and Boston Municipal Court-Dorchester Division Judge Sydney Hanlon at the Probation Employee Recognition Ceremony at the Massachusetts State House on May 18^th.

"Both Judge Phillips and Judge Hanlon have a long history of support for the concept of community service and a deep appreciation of the real value that the program provides to the court and to the public," said Stephen V. Price, Executive Director of the Office of Community Corrections.

As the statewide supervisor for the Massachusetts Trial Court Community Service Program, Duggan was known for his commitment to expanding the use of community service as a criminal justice sanction throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Duggan first became the statewide supervisor for the Community Service Program in 1998. He began his career with the Massachusetts Probation Service on September 1, 1977 as a Probation Officer at Marlboro District Court. In 1983, he transferred to Suffolk Superior Court where he also worked as a Probation Officer.

He oversaw a vast number of community service projects statewide where offenders contribute positively to the community by performing hundreds of thousands of hours of labor each year. In 2006, offenders performed nearly 400,000 hours of work at community service sites throughout the state. Community Service projects ranged from snow removal, landscaping, and general maintenance to the unloading, sorting and distribution of donated food to needy families during the holiday season.

Duggan was a tireless advocate of the program and its benefits to the public and the offenders who were ordered to do community service.

In an interview about the program, Duggan once said, "The work offenders do in the community service program saves agencies, cities and towns, and community organizations millions of dollars in manpower. The offenders who perform these jobs give back to the communities by enhancing it physically. They also learn valuable skills and gain a sense of accomplishment."

Duggan added, "When the general public sees offenders in the community doing work, they will witness first hand the courts holding offenders accountable for their actions."