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.
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- ↑ "BIOGRAPHIES OF SPEAKERS AND ROUNDTABLE GUESTS". Florida Statewide Drug Control Summit. The Florida Senate. 12 February 1999. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ↑ "Michael W. Moore Named New Secretary". Correctional Compass. February 1999. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- 1 2 3 "Secretary and Deputy". 98-99 Report. Florida Department of Corrections. 1999. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ↑ Associated Press (21 May 1995). "Inmates still confined over month after revolt". The Rock Hill Herald. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ↑ Associated Press (4 June 1996). "Federal judge upholds prison's haircut policy". The Item. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ↑ Morgan, Lucy (28 July 2001). "State corrections chief optimistic about future". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 18 December 2009.