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Political veteran nominated as first woman to run Delaware prisons
By whyy.org- Cris Barrish
Published: 06/07/2019

Delaware Gov. John Carney has turned to a political insider and lawyer to become the first woman to head the beleaguered Department of Correction.

His pick, Claire DeMatteis, appears to be a cinch to get confirmed by the state Senate later this month, a leading lawmaker told WHYY.

A few months after a deadly prison uprising in 2017, Carney named DeMatteis as his special assistant in the prison system. She was hired in June of that year to implement some two dozen reforms recommended by an independent review.

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