Our Field Operations Administration (FOA) is getting a facelift, beginning with the pay period that starts July 29. Job vacancies will delay some changes, but the expectation is that all will be complete by October 1. 

Regions I, II and III will be replaced by the Metropolitan and Outstate regions.  Regional Administrator Dinah Y. Moore and Deputy Regional Administrators Michael Alexander and Adrian Green will lead the Metropolitan region.  It will include Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties.  The region office will remain at the Cadillac Place in Detroit.  ARU investigators assigned to Macomb and Oakland counties will report to the Metropolitan region.  Regional Administrator Michael Glynn and Deputy Regional Administrators Todd Boyd and Gary Stockman will lead the Outstate region, which includes the remaining 79 counties.  The region office will be in Lansing, and the Absconder Recovery Unit (ARU) will be headquartered in Lansing as well. 

The Office of Parole and Probation Services in Central Office will be led by Administrator Darlene Schimmel.  It will include Community Residential Programs (CRP) and Program Services.  CRP will oversee the Lake County Technical Rule Violator Center and the Grand Rapids Corrections Center.  Program Services will oversee the rollout of MPRI, the Tuscola Residential ReEntry Program, and serve as staff liaison to the Training Division. 

The Michigan Parole Board, appointed by Director Caruso, is unaffected by the reorganization and continues to be chaired by Barbara Sampson. The Office of the Parole Board in Central Office will be led by the Parole Board Administrator; this position is being vacated by Michael Glynn.  The Office will include the Lifer, Litigation and Violation Unit, Parole Release Unit, Parole Processing Unit, Victim Services Unit, and the Interstate Compact Unit.

The MDOC Training Division will assume supervision of FOA's training staff.  HRDs will remain deployed in the field.

Our Automated Data Systems Section (ADDS) will assume supervision of FOA's OMNI Support staff. Staff will remain deployed in the field.

Your assistance, experience, and patience are all welcome and appreciated as the administration is reorganized.

Michigan Department of Corrections, FYI Newsletter 072607