After nearly three decades of service, Jeanne Woodford has witnessed first-hand what works and — what does not — in our state’s prison system. The former warden of San Quentin, Woodford began her career as a corrections officer in 1978, a time when “rehabilitation” had been removed from the Department of Corrections’ official mission statement.
Today, Woodford serves as the interim director of the recently renamed Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It’s a shift that goes beyond a new letterhead and has the enthuasiastic support of Governor Schwarzenegger.
We spoke with Undersecretary Woodford about the changes she’s seen over the last 30 years as well as what lies ahead for the nation’s largest prison system.
- “California prisons chief resigning: HICKMAN SAYS HE LACKS SUPPORT FOR REFORMS,” San Jose Mercury New, making Ms. Woodford the interim Secretary
- Jeanne S. Woodford, Undersecretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- “Prison reform: Legislator slams lack of progress,” Sacramento Bee
- “New director of state prisons believes in rehabilitating, not recycling, inmates, San Francisco Chronicle
- California Prisons Put New Focus on Rehabilitation, NPR
- “California to try tracking parolees with GPS,” The Mercury News
- Web Salon: The Future of Prisons
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