Jeffrey A. Beard is a retired prison official. Beard served as Secretary of the

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is the penal law enforcement agency of the government of California responsible for the operation of the California state prison and parole systems. Its headquarters are in Sacram ...

from December, 2012 to January, 2016. He previously served as Secretary of the

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) is the Pennsylvania state agency that is responsible for the confinement, care and rehabilitation of approximately 37,000 inmates at state correctional facilities funded by the Commonwealth of P ...

, from 2001 until 2010. Beard first started working in corrections in Pennsylvania in 1972.Announcement of Beard's resignation as Secretary of Corrections
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