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Quinn Names Prisons Director

By Kevin Robinson in News on May 15, 2009 3:20PM

Governor Pat Quinn selected Michael P. Randle to head the state's Department of Corrections. Randle. Randle served as the assistant director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and will replace Director Roger Walker, a Blagojevich appointment. Prior to naming Randle, Quinn announced that he would make reviewing Tamms Correctional Center, the state's supermax prison, a priority.