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Prison director's salary released

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:09:07 -0500

Bob Lewis, the new state prisons director, will be making $111,570 a year, according to a Department of Correction spokesman.

The DOC announced Lewis' appointment on Tuesday. He had been the deputy director for prison support services for the past eight years, Dan Kane reports.

New prisons director announced

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:41:23 -0500

Robert "Bob" Lewis has been named the state's new prisons director, the Correction Department announced this morning.

Lewis, 58, has been deputy director for prison support services for the past eight years.

As prisons director, Lewis will be in charge of 79 prisons that confine 40,000 inmates. The division has more than 17,000 employees, and an annual budget of $1.1 billion.

Prison director retiring

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:32:07 -0500

Boyd Bennett, the state's prisons director, is retiring at the end of the month after more than 36 years working in the Correction Department.

Bennett, 59, has been the director of a system that has 79 prisons and roughly 40,000 inmates for eight years, Dan Kane reports.

Dealing with crowded prisons

bkrueger — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:11:47 -0400

State lawmakers showed little interest today in avoiding another big prison construction bill this session.

In fact, they laughed when Rep. Ronnie Sutton, a Pembroke Democrat, asked whether they would look at legislation that spends more on prevention and less on incarceration, reports Dan Kane.