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From Both Barrels
The Corrections
Boss Brouhaha
By GEORGE BOWLES
Gov. Chuck Robb is confronted—again—with the critical decision of choosing a new director for the state’s beleaguered Department of Corrections. That post became vacant two weeks ago following the departure of Raymond Procunier, the agency’s feisty former chief.
Whether Procunier was fired or resigned, or a little of both, is beside the point at this juncture. The relevant fact is, for the second time in two years, a nationally recognized authority on prison administration has left the job, and with each departure morale in the Commonwealth’s penal system has plummeted to new depths.
The first to go was Terrell Don Hutto, who resigned when Robb took office. An appointee of Republican former Gov. Mills Godwin, Hutto reportedly incurred, the wrath of several ranking members of the General Assembly. However, he is now presidentelect of the American Correctional Association, a fact which attests to the esteem in which he is held by his
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