Is the Department of Corrections committed to “Sterling” initiatives?
We must be committed every morning to doing our best and to improving continuously. If each employee commits to these two goals then we will have a quality agency. We also must then measure progress.The Sterling initiative is a benchmark and a goal, but not “the goal” or “the only goal.” We can get to where we are going without the Sterling Challenge but, if we are going to measure ourselves, then the Sterling environment is an opportunity to compete and to measure progress. • What do you think the new criminal punishment code will do to institutional admissions and P&P admissions? It is hard to predict what and how the new law will be applied. Given the present political climate, I am certain that with opponents and the media keeping score, I believe we will have more sentences at the top of the range. This will cause longer sentences and create a stacking within prisons. It may cause offenders who normally would be under some form of supervision to be incarcerated. The new code will
