Tennessee Correction Commissioner Derrick SchofieldIn the midst of changing how correctional officers are paid and scheduled, moving to a new prison food provider and overhauling how violent prison incidents are defined, the head of the Tennessee prison system believes he is taking the nearly $1 billion department in the right direction.
"I'll say this, I have no intention of resigning. I think our agency is in good shape," Derrick Schofield told the Tennessee State Employee Association during an extensive interview in November.
"We continue to operate sound facilities. We have documentation to prove it. We continue to maintain our accreditation and that speaks volumes about what we are doing and the folks that are out there doing it. That is what I say to that."
Read more from our news partner at The Tennessean.