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| Inslee taps longtime employee to head Washington Corrections Department |
| By spokesman.com- Jim Camden |
| Published: 04/26/2017 |
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OLYMPIA – A 28-year veteran of the state Department of Corrections will take over the agency, which last year came under fire for releasing some inmates before their sentence had been fully served. Stephen Sinclair, who started as a corrections officer, rose through the ranks to become superintendent of the state penitentiary and most recently the assistant secretary of the department’s prisons division, is the new department secretary, Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday. The state also interviewed candidates from outside the state, Inslee said, but ultimately selected Sinclair, in part because of his work setting up a program to cut recidivism by giving inmates job skills at the Sustainable Practices Lab. The work those inmates do also helps reduce costs of the prison and gives them a chance to give back to the community. Read More. |
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