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NY Warden's Wife Defends Her Husband
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Clinton Correctional Facility warden's wife says husband is a `scapegoat'
BY REUVEN BLAU , NANCY DILLON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 10:14 PM Updated: Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 3:20 AM A A
Warden Steven Racette wasn't a key player in the daring escape drama at his upstate prison and shouldn't be locked out of the investigation, his angry wife told the Daily News.
"He doesn't deserve this. He absolutely doesn't deserve this after 37? years of a stellar career," Cherie Racette said after state officials suspended her spouse, two of his top deputies and nine officers at Clinton Correctional Facility on Tuesday.
"This is definitely a governor choice," she said. "He's definitely looking for a scapegoat."
A father of two adult sons, Racette, 58, is on paid administrative leave from his $132,040-a-year position.
"This was an inside job," Cherie said of the June 6 prison break that gripped the state as fugitive felons Richard Matt, 49, and David Sweat, 35, spent three weeks on the lam.
Matt, shot dead on Friday, and Sweat,now in custody, used smuggled tools to carve their way out of the maximum-security prison in Dannemora.
"Everybody is trying to figure out how it happened and how it could have been stopped. The fact of the matter is, it happened," Cherie, 52, said.
The loyal wife said her husband sacrificed a lot for his job and didn't flinch when asked to transfer to Clinton from Upstate Correctional in Malone a year and a half ago.
"It was a request. Steve has been on the road most of the time," the Saranac Lake wife said.
"He's lived away from home most of his career. You do what you have to do. This is what he chose as a career. As a family, we stood behind him, and we thought the department did, too," she said.
"We are proud of the job that he has done for the Department of Corrections. I just wish that they were as proud of him.
BY REUVEN BLAU , NANCY DILLON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 10:14 PM Updated: Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 3:20 AM A A
Warden Steven Racette wasn't a key player in the daring escape drama at his upstate prison and shouldn't be locked out of the investigation, his angry wife told the Daily News.
"He doesn't deserve this. He absolutely doesn't deserve this after 37? years of a stellar career," Cherie Racette said after state officials suspended her spouse, two of his top deputies and nine officers at Clinton Correctional Facility on Tuesday.
"This is definitely a governor choice," she said. "He's definitely looking for a scapegoat."
A father of two adult sons, Racette, 58, is on paid administrative leave from his $132,040-a-year position.
"This was an inside job," Cherie said of the June 6 prison break that gripped the state as fugitive felons Richard Matt, 49, and David Sweat, 35, spent three weeks on the lam.
Matt, shot dead on Friday, and Sweat,now in custody, used smuggled tools to carve their way out of the maximum-security prison in Dannemora.
"Everybody is trying to figure out how it happened and how it could have been stopped. The fact of the matter is, it happened," Cherie, 52, said.
The loyal wife said her husband sacrificed a lot for his job and didn't flinch when asked to transfer to Clinton from Upstate Correctional in Malone a year and a half ago.
"It was a request. Steve has been on the road most of the time," the Saranac Lake wife said.
"He's lived away from home most of his career. You do what you have to do. This is what he chose as a career. As a family, we stood behind him, and we thought the department did, too," she said.
"We are proud of the job that he has done for the Department of Corrections. I just wish that they were as proud of him.
Comments
This is an odd concept for our increasingly "It is not my fault" society.
"This was an inside job." Well, yea it was a prison. Who is the guy in charge of the "inside". Oh, right, the Warden.
The "Buck" stops at the top!
Yep, just like the Captain of a ship. He's responsible for anything and everything that happens on his watch. That's the price of command.
quote:Originally posted by pwillie
The "Buck" stops at the top!
Yep, just like the Captain of a ship. He's responsible for anything and everything that happens on his watch. That's the price of command.
Yep. I am responsible for what happens on my projects.
If we are successful, it is because of a great team.
If we are not, I am responsible. It is why the cliche says 'It is lonely at the top'.
Can't accept the deal? Don't raise your hand when they are looking for a leader.
Sometimes being the "Boss" means you have to take responsibility for the actions of those you supervise.
This is an odd concept for our increasingly "It is not my fault" society.
"This was an inside job." Well, yea it was a prison. Who is the guy in charge of the "inside". Oh, right, the Warden.
+1
He wasn't running an ice cream stand. His primary job was to protect the public from the felons in his custody and he failed miserably.
1. If you knew about flaws in your command and failed to correct them, you were negligent.
2. If you did not know about flaws that were present, you should have and thus, you were negligent in your supervisory responsibilities.
Either way, the boss is responsible. If you are in command, you can never get comfortable and complacent. Things will rise up and bite you in the butt. The responsibilities of command far outweigh the privileges.
We need good leaders, such as Janet Reno who took complete responsibility for the Branch Davidian incident, or was it the Randy Weaver family incident? Well, it seems like she took responsibility for SOME incident.
Taking responsibility is not the same as suffering the consequences - - -
especially, if there are no consequences. [V]