BOYD AND LUCINDA WITH JOHN E WETZEL SPEAKING ON PRISON REFORM

John Wetzel, widely recognized as one of the thought leaders in corrections today, was appointed Secretary of Corrections for the PA DOC (1/11) by Governor Corbett and reappointed by Governor Wolf (1/15).  During his tenure an elimination of a 24-year average growth of 1500 inmates per year occurred presiding over the first population reduction in PA in over 4 decades, and a restructuring of the Community Corrections and mental health systems along with a re-engineering of internal processes to yield a more efficient system of program delivery.  With over 28 years of experience in the corrections field, he has been selected as Chair of the Council of State Government’s Justice Center’s Executive Board and Vice President of ASCA. He is a member of Harvard’s Executive Session on Community Corrections. A graduate of Bloomsburg University, in May 2016, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania presented to him an honorary doctor of laws.