ABSTRACT
For other correctional leaders who also rose through the ranks in the criminal justice system, it is obvious that many took advantage of training programs and educational opportunities and simply persevered over time to gain knowledge and credentials essential to their work. For example, whereas John Rougier (Trinidad and Tobago; Chapter 5) was motivated by his brother who was working in the …eld of corrections, he sought out educational opportunities and waited for opportunities to present themselves within the prison system. He …rst worked as a prison o„cer, eventually becoming commissioner of prisons. John Pastorek (Vancouver, BC, Canada; Chapter 6) climbed his way through the federal system, working as a correctional o„cer and then a parole o„cer and become a deputy warden and, eventually, a warden. Luke Grant (New South Wales, Australia; Chapter 2) also held a
variety of positions in the corrections system, including inmate classi…cation and oversight of prison programs and industries. ese experiences provided him with a vast knowledge and understanding of the challenges at all levels of the corrections system, which he draws on in his current role as assistant commissioner of Ožender Services and Programs. Grant’s original career trajectory focused on ožender rehabilitation, but he saw a need for a better understanding of the prison system as a whole, and he sought to make prisons more ežective and improve ožender outcomes.
