SWAN QUARTER — Correction Secretary Theodis Beck appointed Derrick Wadsworth
superintendent of Hyde Correctional Institution, effective July 1. Wadsworth replaces
David Chester as head of the 520-bed medium security prison for adult males. Chester was
named superintendent of Craven Correctional Institution in March.
| "Derrick Wadsworth’s long career with the
Department of Correction has prepared him for the challenging job of managing a medium
security prison," Beck said. "He’ll serve the state and the department well
in his new assignment." An Edenton native, Wadsworth is a graduate of John A.
Holmes High School. He began his career with the Department in 1977 as a correctional
officer at Gates Correctional Center. He was promoted to sergeant at Washington
Correctional Center in 1979 and also served as a firearms instructor, unarmed self-defense
instructor, interaction management instructor and armory officer for the Eastern Area.
He was named assistant superintendent of Currituck Correctional Center in 1992 and
superintendent of Martin Correctional Center in 1995. Starting in October 1997, he served
as superintendent of both Martin and Gates Correctional Center until the closure of Martin
in 1998. |
Derrick Wadsworth
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Wadsworth said going from minimum security to managing a medium security prison will be
a challenge, but it’s one that he is prepared to handle.
"While Hyde is certainly larger, the basic concepts of management remain the
same," he said. "I hope I can bring a kind of creativity to the medium custody
population to make it a kinder, gentler setting for staff and inmates alike."
Wadsworth and his wife, Gloria, have two children, 20-year-old Larry and 18-year-old
Tamara.
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