Ms. Goss began her career in 2002 as a Clerk I at Central Office, followed by a promotion to Clerk III in 2003. Ms. Goss reached her current position as Correctional Records Technician I in 2004 when she transferred to ASPC-Lewis where she gathers and processes information to ensure that inmates meet all criteria for release. She is in frequent contact with other law enforcement agency representatives, as well as ADC staff, keeping everyone informed of inmates’ impending releases. Ms. Goss also helps to coordinate ICE releases with other institutions and communicates with ICE representatives on a regular basis.

Before her employment with the Department, Ms. Goss worked at a local law firm as a receptionist/file clerk, gaining valuable experience that she finds very useful in her current position.

Ms. Goss has earned the respect of her co-workers and supervisors because of her in-depth knowledge of policies and procedures pertinent to the release of inmates. A super self-starter, she is always ready to assist.

Ms. Goss is a self-described football mom, faithfully attending her two sons, Randy and Jonathan, ball games. When she is not attending these games, she and her husband, Paul, are busy caring for Tiare, their two-year-old daughter.

Lt. Sablan is an exceptional resource upon whom his co-workers rely. As the Day Shift Commander, he’s a first class multi-tasker, in charge of all the movement at his unit and a force to be reckoned with, ensuring his staff adheres to our best practices. On a Level Two Unit there is a lot of movement and he is meticulous about inspecting and preparing cells for a steady influx of inmates.

Lt. Sablan is a subject matter expert in many areas including transportation, security device inspection, perimeter, and grooming. He participated in the March 2007 peer audit for the Santa Maria Unit and last year was called upon to assist with the ASPC-Safford audit.

In James’ free time he enjoys helping with the JROTC program at Trevor Brown High School, passing on the pride that the Marines instilled in him showing young adults the positive aspects of being involved in the military – (aka the Marines). His own daughters, Carrie and Deidra, have taken his mission to heart as they are also members of their high school’s JROTC program.

Community Correctional Officer Barry Lum joined ADC after a distinguished 22-year career in the United States Air Force rising to the rank of E-7 Master Sergeant; his tours of duties including Vietnam, Panama and Iraq.

Officer Lum joined the Department in 1992 as a Correctional Officer at ASPC-Perryville, promoting to Sergeant the following year. Since then he has worked a variety of shifts and assignments including transportation and firearms instructor. Barry reached his current position, Community Correctional Officer, in 2003 and has worked at the Southwest Parole office since then.

Currently, Officer Lum is the sole officer assigned to cover all parolee releases for Goodyear, Buckeye, Tonopah, Gila Bend, Palo Verde, and other unincorporated areas of western Maricopa County. He is constantly on the go conducting home visits to ensure offenders are adhering to their release program, visiting with family members to coordinate home placement, administering urinalysis checks, and monitoring released inmates.

In addition to his normal duties as a Community Correctional Officer, he is also the back-up staff member for the ASPC- Perryville Fast Track pilot program and conducts monthly orientation classes at Perryville with another Fast Track officer. Officer Lum is the resident Southwest Parole liaison for the Buckeye and Goodyear Police Departments, keeping them informed on all matters pertaining to the releasees under his supervision.

In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attack, Officer Lum arranged for local U.S. Air Marshals to accomplish firearms qualifications at the ASPC-Lewis training range saving them much needed time. For his effort, he received a letter of appreciation from the Federal government.

Officer Lum’s son, Michael, has followed in his father’s footsteps serving as an air marshal. In his off duty time, Barry enjoys coaching a local volleyball team and caring for Vance, his one-year-old grandson.

Ms. Paz Encinares has worked in the ADC Personnel File Room since May 1995 where she is responsible for over 13,000 ADC official employee personnel files including active and inactive employees. Ms. Encinares is only one of two staff who maintains these documents and ensures the paperwork is filed promptly and correctly. In large part because of her efforts, there is no backlog to getting the documents into the personnel files - - an impressive feat.

In 2000, Ms. Encinares was asked to learn how to archive personnel records. At the time, personnel files would be archived when someone “got around to it.” Ms. Encinares assumed this responsibility and learned it with very little assistance. She set up the procedure and to this day ensures our record archiving is done expertly according to the states record archives procedures and timeframes.

Ms. Encinares was born and raised in the Philippine Republic where she worked for five years as a high school teacher and for about 19 years in the records department of a regional hospital. She immigrated to the United States in 1994 and then began the process of becoming a citizen, which was actualized in 2000.

When she is not busy efficiently managing our files, she enjoys gardening and watching the Phoenix Suns Basketball team – go Suns! Ms. Encinares is married and has two grandchildren, Cassandra and Ramy. Her daughter, Maria, works at ASPC-Phoenix in the records unit.

John joined ADC in 2001 as a Correctional Officer at ASPC-Tucson. He promoted to COIII in 2006 and is responsible for the supervision of programs at Cimarron Unit. During his brief time as a COIII he has made a tremendous difference by helping to increase inmate programming by more than 400%, encouraging inmates to participate in programs including parenting, cultural diversity, anger management, and Cottage Industry. He has also been instrumental in creating the business classroom study for Cottage Industries.

John briefly left the Department of Corrections in 2004 to work in Iraq where he assisted in creating the employee training for the Iraqi prisons. He reinstated with the Department nine months later as a Correctional Officer at ASPC-Tucson.

He has recently assisted with audits for Perryville and helped with the start up of the Cottage Industry program at the Perryville Level One unit.

When John is not working he enjoys coaching a junior high basketball team and girls’ softball team. He is married with three daughters, Savannah, Sierra and Lahela, who keep him busy with all their athletic pursuits.

Wayne McKaskle joined ADC in September 2003 as a Correctional Officer, quickly advancing to his current position of Information Technology Specialist III at ASPC-Tucson, which he has held since May 2005. He has the daunting responsibility of installing, maintaining, and supporting the prison’s computer network keeping host and network capacity available for end users and maintaining the security of the agency’s information resource. Among his varied responsibilities, he assists in keeping the prison’s computer networks and personal hardware and software functioning, monitoring the utilization of network disk space, and ensuring proper documentation and licensing of software and hardware.

Recently, and with very short notice, he was asked to convert the PREA tape media to DVD and also to make a number of copies of the media in different formats and did so the following Monday. Wayne has also taken the initiative based on his electronic engineering background to design new control panels, is saving the Department time and money. He is also currently assuming the duties of telecom support and CCTV Technician because the position has been vacant due to a hiring deferment.

Recently, Warden Fizer requested that all COIIIs in the prison units have network connectivity in their offices, a considerable task based on the location of each office and the need to change or add the network infrastructure. Wayne has already completed work at the Cimarron Unit and is currently getting Santa Rita and Rincon on line. 

His other interests include auto mechanics, electronics, and weight lifting. Wayne is married to Caroline and they have three grown sons, Michael, Daniel, and Eric.

COIII Maria Elena Peji began her career with ADC in August 1997 as a Clerk Typist III. In February 1999, her career took a different path when she enrolled in the Correctional Officer Training Academy. Upon graduation, she was assigned to ASPC-Eyman where she has worked at SMU I, the Cook Unit, Eyman Operations, and the Rynning Unit. In April 2005, she received a promotion to COIII, transferring to the Meadows Unit.

At Meadows she has been actively engaged in coordinating various inmate charitable events, garnering nearly $3,000 in contributions for her efforts. She’s also focused on AZ Aging 2020, by enrolling 90% of her inmate caseload in the Health Fair sponsored by the Department. She also actively seeks out and recruits inmates to be peer-to-peer educators on the subject of Hepatitis C. What she does and how – with WOW – is wonderful.

COIII Peji continually strives to meet the goals and strategic issues of the agency. Her efforts preparing inmates to be community-oriented and civic-minded citizens upon release are remarkable and directly link to Strategic Issue #2, Public Safety Later.

COIII Peji also lends her support to the Law Enforcement Torch Run manning booths and encouraging her co-workers to walk or run in the event.

COIII Peji country of origin is the Philippines where the majority of her family still resides.

When she is off duty, you might find her singing Karaoke at a local establishment. Who knows? She could be our next American Idol contestant!