Post by Logan on Feb 7, 2016 3:42:59 GMT -6
State Corrections chief quits, scorns lawmaker’s ‘need for blood’
The head of the state Department of Corrections (DOC) stepped down Saturday amid a controversy over the early release of certain violent criminals, saying he hoped his resignation would satisfy a Republican lawmaker’s “need for blood.”
DOC Secretary Dan Pacholke, in an email to state Sen. Mike Padden, accused Padden of “blaming and shaming” agency staff and using the early-release problem to wage political warfare.
Pacholke’s abrupt departure comes less than two months after DOC acknowledged that for more than a decade it miscalculated sentences for some of the system’s most violent inmates, letting hundreds out of prison too soon.
“I notify you now of my resignation. I hope it helps meet your need for blood,” Pacholke said in the email to Padden, R-Spokane Valley, who chairs the Senate Law and Justice Committee and who has led a push to issue subpoenas for DOC records as part of an investigation separate from one ordered by Gov. Jay Inslee.
Read more: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/corrections-secretary-dan-pacholke-resigns-amid-prisoner-release-mistake/
The head of the state Department of Corrections (DOC) stepped down Saturday amid a controversy over the early release of certain violent criminals, saying he hoped his resignation would satisfy a Republican lawmaker’s “need for blood.”
DOC Secretary Dan Pacholke, in an email to state Sen. Mike Padden, accused Padden of “blaming and shaming” agency staff and using the early-release problem to wage political warfare.
Pacholke’s abrupt departure comes less than two months after DOC acknowledged that for more than a decade it miscalculated sentences for some of the system’s most violent inmates, letting hundreds out of prison too soon.
“I notify you now of my resignation. I hope it helps meet your need for blood,” Pacholke said in the email to Padden, R-Spokane Valley, who chairs the Senate Law and Justice Committee and who has led a push to issue subpoenas for DOC records as part of an investigation separate from one ordered by Gov. Jay Inslee.
Read more: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/corrections-secretary-dan-pacholke-resigns-amid-prisoner-release-mistake/