To the Editor: The NYC Department of Correction has added an additional First Deputy Commissioner position to its ranks. Stanley Richards, vice president of the inmate support group The Fortune Society and a convicted felon, has been appointed to the second-ranking job in DOC. His responsibilities will include training and development of staff, the C.A.R.E unit which gives assistance to staff in need of help, and much more.
In the 1980s Mr. Richards, was a Rikers Island inmate for 2.5 years. He also served 4.5 years of a 9-year sentence in state prison for robbery. According to the Daily News, Mr. Richards sold drugs, and personally used marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. He robbed other drug-dealers and civilians to support his drug use.
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