SANTA FE, NM - Governor Richardson has put Corrections Secretary Joe Williams on leave without pay while the secretary's recent actions are investigated.

Richardson says the review will focus on Williams' use of a state-issued cell phone, a state-funded trip that included some personal travel and his relationship with a lobbyist.

The governor's chief of state, James Jimenez, will be in charge of the administrative investigation.

Jimenez says he has asked state Personnel Director Sandra Perez to conduct the investigation through her office.  He says Richardson wants to determine whether anything improper occurred.

Perez's office is to report to the governor by June 9th.  Williams will be on unpaid leave until then.