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in truth, the corrections system has not occupied the pre-eminent place in Robb’s order of priorities that it had in those of his predecessors. At times, Governors Mills E. Godwin and Jim Dalton appeared to regard the prison system as the state’s primary responsibility. Law <n’ order was a key theme of their administrations, and they worked it hard.
Robb, on the other hand, while far from neglecting the system, has not been consumed by an obsession with it. He assumed that it was functioning well and took care to select some of the best talent he could find to head it. His personal interest, however, was directed more toward such matters as the advancement of education, the development of the state’s industrial potential, the bringing in of “hi-tech” investors and generally preparing the state for a competitive ftiture in the electronic age.
Thus the present series of difficulties in the corrections system, which began May 31 with the Mecklenburg escapes, stunned and embarrassed the governor and his administration. The events also present formidable political problems for Robb and the Democrats in the months ahead.
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