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| Director leaving DOC a national model |
| By The Tucson Citizen |
| Published: 01/30/2009 |
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ARIZONA - The timing of the departure of Arizona's prisons chief for a key post in U.S. Department of Homeland Security isn't lost on Dora Schriro's supporters or herself. Five years ago on Super Bowl Sunday - while Schriro was waiting for confirmation as director of the Arizona Department of Corrections - two inmates at the Arizona State Prison-Lewis ended a 15-day siege by releasing two officer hostages and surrendering. On Monday, one day after the 2009 Super Bowl, Schriro will begin her post as senior adviser to former Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, recently confirmed as director of Homeland Security. "In the five years since (the Lewis prison siege), I think the evidence of what she's managed to accomplish has shown up as a result of the award DOC just got," said Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall, referring to the national Innovations in American Government Award. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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