An organization for security professionals, ASIS, has awarded Florence corrections officer Sgt. Joel Reza with a valor award for risking his life to save a fellow officer in the Florence state prison in April from an attack by prisoners.
The Department of Corrections said Reza placed himself between Officer Daryl Boisvert, who had been knocked unconscious by inmates at a dining hall, and angry prisoners.
Reza was injured protecting Boisvert as inmates continued to attack him.