Post by pavel on Jan 28, 2016 5:27:27 GMT -6
The head of an embattled prisoner rehabilitation program recently blasted by lawmakers for gross mismanagement fired back in a letter announcing her resignation, accusing lawmakers of abusing power and orchestrating a campaign to privatize the state's prison food program.
Patricia Weiland will retire Feb. 8 as CEO of the Tennessee Rehabilitative Initiative in Correction, TRICOR, an organization that provides jobs for inmates and subsequently sells the goods produced by the inmates, according to a news release issued Wednesday morning.
Although a news release about her retirement didn't note specific reasons for the timing, Weiland clearly blames state lawmakers for her departure.
"Despite our many accomplishments and contributions to the taxpayers, I am compelled to do this because the recent legislative hearings have been used to lead an orchestrated campaign to misrepresent facts surrounding our audit and TRICOR as well as a personal character attack on me by some members of the general assembly," Weiland wrote in the letter, dated Tuesday.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/27/ceo-embattled-prison-program-retires/79407280/
Patricia Weiland will retire Feb. 8 as CEO of the Tennessee Rehabilitative Initiative in Correction, TRICOR, an organization that provides jobs for inmates and subsequently sells the goods produced by the inmates, according to a news release issued Wednesday morning.
Although a news release about her retirement didn't note specific reasons for the timing, Weiland clearly blames state lawmakers for her departure.
"Despite our many accomplishments and contributions to the taxpayers, I am compelled to do this because the recent legislative hearings have been used to lead an orchestrated campaign to misrepresent facts surrounding our audit and TRICOR as well as a personal character attack on me by some members of the general assembly," Weiland wrote in the letter, dated Tuesday.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/27/ceo-embattled-prison-program-retires/79407280/