Penal Experts Gather For Summit

and tries to lead by following the lead of the press

Didn't Crosby do that? He played lapdog to the press after Deltona and Carlie Brucia instead of placing the blame squarely on the courts where it belonged. He was an insider, and he sold you out.
Do you want that again? A high-ranking DOC official will do the same thing again. But only after they've managed to promote all their buddies past more-deserving candidates.
Prison administration is the easy part. Most of what happens in them stays behind the bars. It's Community Corrections that makes or breaks the public image. So what you need is a high-ranking DOC official more familiar with that side of the department. Right?
How high? A senior supervisor? Or someone on the Regional level?
The trouble is that a lot of people here have nothing kind to say about those people. Hopefully the prevailing opinion of the chain of command here isn't the prevailing statewide opinion.

You are right, Crosby seemed to start this whole thing. We need a good honest DOC person to take the helm. The person would probably come from the prison side due to their higher numbers but should at least have the 2nd in command with Probation experience.

florida's ex offender program to re-enter society is a joke...otherwise you would not strip them of their civil right's for life unless they spend years waiting for a chance to kiss up to the govr. to get the ok to get them back...!

I have always believed and still do after 19 years with the department that we need to be or own seperate agency. We should be seperated from the prison side and have our own chief from the p&p side. I really think that we would all benefit from a move like this.