Kenneth Lassiter named to new deputy director position

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kenneth Lassiter as deputy director for operations for the state prison system.  Lassiter will work along with Deputy Director Gwen Norville, who will assume the title of deputy director for administration.   Both deputy directors will report to prisons Director George Solomon.

Lassiter will be responsible for daily custody and security operations of the state’s 56 prisons and the prison system’s region directors will report to him. 

“Kenneth Lassiter has managed some of our most complex facilities and operations with great expertise and integrity,” said W. David Guice, Commissioner of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice. “We are pleased to have him in this new leadership role.”

Lassiter is a 25-year corrections veteran who has served as central region director and as warden at Central Prison.   He began his career as a correctional officer in 1989 at Odom Correctional Institution in Northampton County.

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