The former warden of the maximum and high-security units of the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston will temporarily oversee Rhode Island’s entire prison system following her appointment by Gov. Dan McKee on her predecessor’s final day of work.
McKee’s office announced around 4 p.m. Friday that Lynne Corry will serve as interim director of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections. Corry has been with the department since 2002, most recently serving as acting assistant director of community services, where she oversaw probation and parole services.
Her appointment came on the last day of Wayne Salisbury Jr.’s tenure as the state’s top prison official. Salisbury announced in April that he would step down from his $183,322-a-year position to join the team charged with helping reform New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex…