On the Record

Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Laurie O. Robinson announced the White House designation of Melodee Hanes as the principal deputy administrator for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Before serving as counselor to Jeff Slowikowski, former acting administrator for OJJDP, Hanes spent 16 years as a deputy county attorney in Des Moines, Iowa, and Billings, Mo. She has trained child protection investigators and served as an adjunct professor of law at Drake University, where she taught child abuse law, forensic medicine and forensic law. Hanes is a graduate of Drake University Law School.

Colette S. Peters is now the director of the Oregon State Corrections Department. She is the first woman to lead the Oregon Corrections Department after taking charge of the department’s Youth Authority. Peters has served in many positions over the years, such as a prison inspector general, a juvenile counselor and a legislative analyst. She also previously worked as a victim’s advocate for the Denver Police Department and a director for the Oregon Youth Authority. Peters received her master’s in psychology from the University of Colorado.

The New Hampshire Department of Corrections has named Edward Reilly the new warden of the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility in Berlin, N.H. Reilly began his career in 1972 with the New York City Department of Correction and held several different positions before he became sheriff of the Nassau County Correctional Center. Reilly also served as the facility director of the Varick Federal Detention Center in New York. His new responsibilities will include matters with the Office of Detention Policy and Planning for Immigration Customs and Enforcement in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

 

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