JOSEPH MICHAEL PARISE

Officer Rank: Correctional Officer II
Memorial Panel: 11-E: 31
Department: Minnesota Department of Corrections
End of Watch: September 24, 2018
Cause: PHYS
Age: 37
Years of Service: 4.5
Description: Correctional Officer Parise suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after responding to an inmate who was assaulting another officer at the Oak Park Heights State Prison. Officer Parise arrived at the scene after the inmate was restrained and cuffed by other correctional officers. Officer Parise then escorted the inmate to segregation, took his clothing and searched the inmate. Officer Parise returned to his post and collapsed a short time later. Officer Parise was transported to the hospital where he died.
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