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Kelly Harrington

Kelly Harrington has been appointed director of the Division of Adult Institutions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he has been acting director since 2014 and served as deputy director of facility operations from 2013 to 2014. Harrington held several positions at Kern Valley State Prison from 2008 to 2013, including associate director of high security and transitional housing, warden and acting warden. He also served in several positions at Wasco State Prison, including chief deputy administrator and correctional administrator from 2003 to 2008 and facility captain and correctional counselor from 1997 to 2000. Harrington was a correctional administrator and facility captain at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Community Correctional Facilities Unit from 2000 to 2003 and a correctional counselor at North Kern State Prison from 1995 to 1997. He started his career as a correctional counselor and officer at the California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi in 1987.