Michael W. Moore

Michael W. Moore (born 30 August 1948, Houston, Texas)^[1] is the former Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections.^[2]

Moore earned a Bachelor's Degree in Criminology and Corrections from Sam Houston State University in 1976.^[3] He worked for more than two decades in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice where he rose from a correctional officer in 1967 to regional director in 1985. During his Texas tenure, Moore also served as a personnel and training lieutenant, industrial supervisor, lieutenant, captain, and major of correctional officers, as well as warden of a maximum-security prison. He served as regional director for ten years from 1985 before he joined the South Carolina system.^[3]

Moore was director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections from 1995 to 1999. He imposed policies including a strict grooming policy that lead to a prison uprising and an unsuccessful lawsuit against him.^[4][5] On 5 January 1999 he was appointed Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections by Florida governor Jeb Bush.^[3][6] In 2003, James V. Crosby, Jr. took over.

References

1. ^ "BIOGRAPHIES OF SPEAKERS AND ROUNDTABLE GUESTS". Florida Statewide Drug Control Summit. The Florida Senate. 12 February 1999. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=welcome&Submenu=2&File=biographies.html&Directory=welcome/senate/drug_summit/1999/. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 
2. ^ "Michael W. Moore Named New Secretary". Correctional Compass. February 1999. http://edocs.dlis.state.fl.us/fldocs/dcor/compass/1999/0299/page02.html. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Secretary and Deputy". 98-99 Report. Florida Department of Corrections. 1999. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/annual/9899/sec2.html. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 
4. ^ Associated Press (21 May 1995). "Inmates still confined over month after revolt". The Rock Hill Herald. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=zS8tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6L0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4647,4646017. Retrieved 18 December 2009. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Associated Press (4 June 1996). "Federal judge upholds prison's haircut policy". The Item. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=OJEiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_60FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2144,1732348. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 
6. ^ Morgan, Lucy (28 July 2001). "State corrections chief optimistic about future". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/News/072801/State/State_corrections_chi.shtml. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 

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