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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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