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James V. Crosby, Jr. (born 1952) is the former Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections. He took over from Michael W. Moore. He was appointed by Florida governor Jeb Bush in 2003. Crosby earned his bachelor's and is a certified public manager. Crosby joined the Florida Department of Corrections in 1975 and served as the warden at five major institutions, including Florida State Prison. He also served as regional director of Security and Institutional Management, Region II. He replaced George Denman as Region II director in 2001. On February 10, 2006 Crosby was forced to resign as Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections. Several investigations by state and federal law enforcement agencies brought a great deal of negative publicity to the agency. Governor Jeb Bush published a brief statement, noting that in time, it would be evident why Crosby was forced to resign. On July 5, 2006, it was reported that Crosby would plead guilty to accepting kickbacks. Two law enforcement officials close to the case also said that new charges were expected against almost a dozen current and former prison employees.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ex-prison chief to plead guilty to receiving bribe )〕 Governor Bush named James McDonough, Col. (ret) as interim secretary and McDonough was later given the job on a permanent basis. McDonough is a former Army colonel who commanded troops in Vietnam and Africa. He served as Florida's drug czar before taking on the job as the head of Florida's prison system, which oversaw at the time, 90,000 inmates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ex-Florida prison boss: Drunken orgies tainted system )〕 On February 7, 2008, he left his post as secretary of Florida's Department of Corrections because, saying that he felt he had cleaned up the corruption left behind by Crosby. Crosby was serving an eight-year prison sentence in FCI Morgantown, a Federal Prison in West Virginia. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator, Crosby was released on April 11, 2013. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James V. Crosby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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