Michael W. Moore is the former Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections

Florida Department of Corrections

The Florida Department of Corrections, established in 1821, operates state prisons in Florida. It has its headquarters in Tallahassee.The Florida Department of Corrections operates the third largest state prison system in the United States...

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Moore earned a Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in Criminology

Criminology

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 and Corrections from Sam Houston State University

Sam Houston State University

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 in 1976. He worked for more than two decades in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities, funding and certain...

 where he rose from a correctional officer in 1967 to regional director in 1985. During his Texas

Texas

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 tenure, Moore also served as a personnel and training lieutenant, industrial supervisor, lieutenant, captain, and major of correctional officers, as well as warden of a maximum-security prison. He served as regional director for ten years from 1985 before he joined the South Carolina

South Carolina

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 system.

Moore was director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections

South Carolina Department of Corrections

The South Carolina Department of Corrections is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It currently has about 6,000 employees and 23,000 inmates, in 28 institutions. The agency has its headquarters in Columbia....

 from 1995 to 1999. He imposed policies including a strict grooming policy that lead to a prison uprising and an unsuccessful lawsuit against him. On 5 January 1999 he was appointed Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections by Florida governor Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush

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. In 2003, James V. Crosby

James V. Crosby

James V. Crosby, Jr. 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...

, Jr. took over.