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Richard P. Seiter joined CCA as Executive Vice President and Chief Corrections Officer in January 2005. Mr. Seiter was Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction from 1983 to 1988. In that cabinet-level position he oversaw the operations of 18 prison facilities a staff of 8 000 and an annual budget of approximately $400 million. Most recently Seiter served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Saint Louis University St. Louis Missouri. He has authored two textbooks on corrections Corrections: An Introduction (2005) and Correctional Administration: Integrating Theory and Practice (2002).
Seiter has served in a variety of roles with the Federal Bureau of Prisons including the Assistant Director for Industries Education and Training (1989-1993) during which time he served as Chief Operating Officer of Federal Prisons Industries a government corporation that sells goods manufactured by inmates. He also served as Warden Federal Correctional Institution Greenville Illinois (1993-1999) and Warden Federal Prison Camp Allenwood Pennsylvania (1981-1982). Seiter holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Ohio State University and earned his M.P.A. and Ph.D. in Public Administration from Ohio State. | 