GOVERNOR LINGLE APPOINTS JEAN IRETON AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONS

For Immediate Release:  February 23, 2007

HONOLULU – Governor Linda Lingle has appointed Jean M. Ireton as deputy director of corrections for the Department of Public Safety.  Ireton will work with Public Safety Director Iwalani White in overseeing the department’s Corrections Division, which includes the state’s four prisons and four community correctional facilities.  She will start her new position on March 7.

“Jean is an effective manager who has been recognized by her colleagues for her work in law enforcement,” said Governor Lingle.  “I am confident Jean will be a key part of the Department’s leadership team as our Administration continues to focus on improving management of the state’s corrections system.”

Ireton is currently the division director of the Career Criminal Unit of the City’s Department of the Prosecuting Attorney.  She previously served as a deputy prosecuting attorney and has been a per diem judge with the District and Family Courts.  Ireton was an associate with the Law Office of Richard Turbin and also had her own private law practice.  She had a judicial externship with Intermediate Court of Appeals Judge Yoshimi Hayashi and an externship with Federal Public Defender Michael Levine.

In 2002, Ireton received a certificate of distinguished service at the Fourth Annual Hawai‘i Joint Police Association Salute to Women in Security and Law Enforcement.  She has served on the Hawai‘i State Judiciary’s Committee on Jury Innovations for the 21st Century and the Hawai‘i State Bar Association’s Rules of Civility Drafting Committee.  She has also been involved with the Family Court’s Special Guardian Ad Litem Program, the Court Annexed Arbitration Program and the Child Advocacy Center. 

Ireton received her law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Hawai‘i – Hilo.  She is a graduate of Seabury Hall High School on Maui.

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