Women wardens run 4 of state's 10 prisons - azcentral.com
All four say they are doing just fine, and none considers it an anomaly to have risen to top positions in a historically male-dominated field at the Arizona Department of Corrections. The quartet are wardens at four of the state's 10 public prisons, running what essentially are small towns — with metal bars and razor wire — in Goodyear, Winslow, Yuma and Douglas. Along with managing correctional officers, the wardens are responsible for food service, maintenance, wastewater, and, of course, keeping inmates locked up. The pay range for wardens is between $55,000 and $100,000 annually. Frigo is the only one who runs a female-only prison, though she previously ran male prisons in Phoenix and Florence — home to offenders in maximum custody. The other three female wardens run all-male facilities. "We have a lot of female executives throughout the department, and many have worked their way up from entry-level positions," said Corrections Director Charles Ryan, who appointed all four women as wardens. Of the current 137 executive-level positions, from majors to director, women hold 53, or nearly 39 percent, of the jobs, Ryan said. Men, meanwhile, hold the overwhelming majority of correctional-officer jobs, with men constituting nearly 71 percent of all 9,086 positions within Corrections. Ryan said having women as wardens is part of the. Source: www.azcentral.com
