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Hawaii Governor Finally Appoints Coordinator for State DOC Oversight Commission
Loaded on Oct. 31, 2022
by Douglas Ankney
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2022, page 42
Filed under:
Central Monitoring.
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Hawaii.
by Douglas Ankney
It took him three years to do it, but Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) finally appointed a director for the state Correctional Systems Oversight Commission (CSOC). On April 4, 2022, former New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) Monitor Christin Johnson assumed the role created by the ...
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