The Department of Corrections on Thursday announced two new departures in the second shakeup to Vermont’s prison system this week.
Norah Quinn, the commissioner of Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury, will retire next month, the department said in a press release.
“This news is bittersweet for the team at Corrections,” Commissioner Nicholas Deml said in the release.
Deml also announced that Matt D’Agostino, interim deputy commissioner at the department’s central office, will step away from state government.
On Tuesday, Deml announced that Scott Martin, the superintendent of the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport, had been placed on paid administrative leave following an investigation into concerns about his management.
Quinn’s retirement comes after 29 years of working in the corrections. Mike Koehler, acting superintendent of Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport, will step in as interim superintendent in St. Johnsbury.
According to the Department of Corrections, the new leadership will “focus on staff wellness and morale, recruitment and retention, and the provision of human services to those in the Department’s care and custody.”
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