Jeanne Woodford served as the Undersecretary and Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and Warden of San Quentin State Prison where she oversaw four executions.[1]
Career edit
Woodford began her career as a California correctional officer in 1978 at San Quentin State Prison. She was appointed Warden of San Quentin State Prison by Governor Davis in 1999.[2] She developed and implemented programs for prisoners including The Success Dorm, the first reentry program in a California prison.[clarification needed] She also served as Chief Deputy Warden and Associate Warden at San Quentin State Prison.[3] The New York Times profiled Woodford for her unorthodox approach as warden of San Quentin.[4]
In 2004, Woodford was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Undersecretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.[5]
As of 2010 she was a Senior Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice and teaches in Stanford University’s Continuing Studies Program and will be teaching at Hastings Law School.[6]
References edit
- ^ Woodford, Jeanne (10/2/2008) "Death Row Realism" [1] Los Angeles Times
- ^ Doyle, Jim (2/8/2002) "San Quentin warden Jeanne Woodford committed to providing education for inmates" [2] San Francisco Chronicle
- ^ Martin, Mark (6/21/2004) "New director of state prisons believes in rehabilitating, not recycling, inmates" [3] San Francisco Chronicle
- ^ Sheff, David (3/14/2004) "The Good Jailer" [4] The New York Times
- ^ Martin, Mark and Pamela Podger (2/20/2004) "[San Quentin's warden to head prison systemhttp://articles.sfgate.com/2004-02-20/news/17414173_1_jeanne-s-woodford-lance-corcoran-state-s-correctional-system|San Quentin's warden to head prison system]" [5] San Francisco Chronicle
- ^ "Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice". Archived from the original on 2010-07-11. Retrieved 2011-03-29.