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| Warner named Corrections Secretary |
| By spokesman.com |
| Published: 07/08/2011 |
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OLYMPIA — Bernie Warner spent less than a week as Washington's acting Secretary of Corrections. Today Gov. Chris Gregoire took the “acting” out of the title and named him as her choice to to be the permanent replacement for Eldon Vail, who resigned last Friday as he faced the prospect that an affair he was having with a subordinate was going to become public. Gregoire's office announced she had appointed Warner to the job with a salary of $147,000, the same salary Vail has been making. His appointment must be confirmed by the Senate, but that won't happen before the Legislature returns to a session. Unless there's another special session this year, the Legislature isn't scheduled to meet until January. Warner sent a memo to Department of Corrections employees, say his goal was “to provide you with the high level of leadership you deserve.” Read More. |
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I wonder/ponder, whether Mr. Warner intended his words for the inmates/prisoners too, or will his tenure be no different than previous secretary's of prison administrators? It appears, that Secretary, Warner ought to be thinking outside of the box/cage and render some creativity into his tenure rather than representing the same ole same ole repression/suppression. Because the so-called Department of Correction, DOC, ain't. And besides, in most instances inmates/prisoners re-enter Society worse off than, when they were previously outside/in society. No education nor salable skills, to be contributing members of Society. As it were, prisons are designed to have inmates return to them. Another thing, guard/correctional officers should be certified. They are not now, and based upon Mr. Warner's cryptic words; prison guards are not likely to be certified in the future. In other words, there is no criteria; other than having a warm body, for being a so-called correctional officer. These fellas/women have a Union too. For what? Since most of the fellas/women in prison are there on/for drug related issues, they should summarily be released from custody; if their conviction's exclude violence, especially if they can be proven contributing/productive member of Society. There are no true/real mental health treatment programs in prisons of the State of Washington, because, they are not designed to treat anyone, for mental illnesses. As we know of them, prisons are a proverbial farce, and, in many instances a waste of public funds.