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Donna Perkins highlights 19 years with Department of Public Safety, says she will vet cases carefully
Summary
Donna Perkins told the Corrections Committee she spent 19 years at the Department of Public Safety maintaining law-enforcement records and pledged to review offenders’ backgrounds, psych evaluations and in-custody behavior carefully before voting on parole.
Donna Perkins, the governor’s nominee to the State Parole Board, told the Corrections Committee she has ‘‘19 years of law enforcement’’ experience with the Department of Public Safety, where she maintained records and vetted officers who transferred into Mississippi.
Perkins said she worked closely with the attorney general’s office and the state auditor on investigations and described managing records for roughly 33,000 officers, including full-time and part-time staff. She told the committee she will not take release decisions lightly: "I'm going to study their background. I'm going to look at their psych evaluation. I'm going to look at their behavior while incarcerated." Supporters from Rankin County spoke on her behalf during the hearing, saying her resume and long public-safety service make her likely to be an effective board member.
