The largest private prison company in the U.S. has hired the former
director of the world’s largest prison system,
according to
CCA’s own press release of 1 June 2011:
NASHVILLE, TN–(Marketwire – Jun 1, 2011) – CCA (Corrections Corporation
of America) (NYSE: CXW), America’s leader in partnership corrections,
announced that effective June 1, 2011, Harley G. Lappin, 55, shall serve
as Executive Vice President and Chief Corrections Officer (CCO). In
this role, Mr. Lappin will be responsible for the oversight of facility
operations, health services, inmate rehabilitation programs, purchasing
and TransCor, the Company’s wholly-owned transportation subsidiary. He
succeeds Richard P. Seiter, who announced his decision to step down as
CCO earlier this year, effective May 31, 2011.
Mr. Lappin, as a career correctional administrator, previously served
as the Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) — the nation’s
largest correctional system, a position he held since 2003, prior
to retirement in May 2011. He served in a variety of roles with the
Bureau of Prisons for more than 25 years, beginning in 1985, including
Regional Director, Warden of the United States Penitentiary in Indiana,
and Warden of the Federal Correctional Institution in North Carolina,
among other positions. As Director of the BOP, Lappin had oversight and
management responsibility for 116 federal prisons, 14 large, private
contract facilities and more than 250 contracts for community correction
facilities, in total comprising more than 215,000 inmates managed by
38,000 employees, with a $6.4 billion budget.
How’s that for a revolving door?
CCA is the company that wants to build a private prison in Lowndes County, Georgia.
Spend that tax money on education, instead.
-jsq
Lappin was pulled over less than a half mile from his house at 3:59 a.m. on Feb. 26, the website reported. He’s been charged with driving while under the influence, reckless driving, negligent driving and failure to obey the instructions of a traffic-control device, according to the news website. A spokeswoman said that Lappin informed his staff of the arrest.