Before taking the job as commissioner, Dean Williams very publicly criticized DOC in numerous newspaper and television interviews where he excoriated correctional officers and generally bashed the department. Mr. Williams held press conferences with teary-eyed concern that DOC was incompetent, uncaring, or both.

After writing a self-serving report he was appointed commissioner with a mandate to "fix" the problems. And here we are, a year later and the problem of inmate deaths continues.

I'm not surprised; inmates are a high-risk population, and in most instances they have not enjoyed preventative health care nor have they lived a healthy lifestyle. I imagine many are drug users and smokers. 

It's no surprise that the deaths continue. The surprise is that Mr. Williams was able to scapegoat the department in his report with the promise to eliminate inmate deaths and nobody is holding him to account. Why no newspaper or teary-eyed television interviews now Commissioner Williams?