Walker administration to review Alaska corrections department policies in wake of inmate deaths.

Palin appointee Joe Schmidt, Commissioner of Corrections in Alaska.

Courtesy of Alaska Dispatch:  

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker says his administration will review the state corrections department’s policies and its safety measures following a string of inmate deaths last year. 

Dean Williams, a top Walker assistant who used to run a youth corrections center in Anchorage, will lead the review along with Joe Hanlon, a private investigator and former FBI agent, Walker's office announced Monday. 

A prepared statement from Walker said the review would “look for ways to improve department policies and ensure inmate safety,” and aims to “address the concerns that have been raised about the Department of Corrections.” 

Walker’s spokeswoman Katie Marquette said inmate deaths would be one element of the review.

Okay let me just tell you that this is a MUCH bigger story than this tiny article at the Dispatch would suggest.

There was abuse of prisoners, abuse of staff, abuse of the system in general, and let's just say that money changed hands to quiet the whole thing down.

Taxpayer money.

And at the center of it all is Palin's butt boy Joe Schmidt, who quite literally should never have been allowed to run a kennel for dogs, much less be responsible for human beings serving time in Alaska.