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| Virginia Prison Chief to Step Down |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 05/10/2002 |
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Ron Angelone, who as Virginia's prison chief equipped officers with stun guns and charged inmates for their medical care, is stepping down after eight years. The state corrections director told Democratic Gov. Mark R. Warner that he will leave June 20. Angelone, whose style endeared him to two Republican governors, was not pressured to step down, Warner spokesman Kevin Hall said. Warner, however, had shown no interest in Angelone's staying beyond a 120-day transition period that ends this weekend. Angelone gave no reason for his departure, Hall said. The prison chief did not immediately return a call for comment. Angelone was Nevada's top prison official before he was hired by Gov. George Allen in 1994. He armed officers inside the toughest prisons with shotguns loaded with rubber pellets. He charged prisoners for medical care, seized their money to pay fines and court costs and limited family visiting hours. He equipped officers with stun guns to cut down on violence among the state's 32,000 inmates and attacks on officers. His style brought outcries and demands for investigations from civil libertarians and prisoners' rights groups. Angelone defended the department's record in 2000 by noting that the number of inmate assaults per 1,000 inmates decreased from 7.98 in the mid-1990s to 4.3 in 1999, a statistic he credited to the use of guns. |
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