Correction Secretary Theodis Beck will not be joining Governor-elect Beverly Perdue's administration.
Beck is retiring effective Feb. 1, after nearly 10 years as the top official over the state's prison and probation system, Dan Kane reports.
The department is one of the state's largest with roughly 20,000 employees who oversee 37,000 inmates and 125,000 probationers or parolees. The department's budget is roughly $1 billion.
He began his career as a probation and parole officer in 1975. He has served as director of the Division of Adult Probation and Parole and as a deputy secretary in charge of the divisions for prisons and community corrections.
Beck has overseen tremendous growth in the prison system during his tenure, with several new prisons built during that period.
He currently is working to fix a probation system under fire after the high profile killings of two Triangle-area college students raised questions about how well probation officials are keeping track of offenders.
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Re: Time off for good behavior?
November 27, 2008 - 3:11pm — doingbattlewith...Working to fix a problem? He can't fix a problem that he let go down for years. He has been non-existent to probation until this occurred, allowing Robert Guy and his lack of oversight to a known problem to continue with ineffective and nepotistic-like hiring.