Corrections_Today_January_February_2020_Vol.82_No.1

n Milestones

How one warden dedicated 50 years to the field of corrections

By Alexander Carrigan

W arden Edsel Taylor begins his mornings at MacDougall Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, South Carolina with the usual staff briefings, followed by checking emails and getting all his obligations out of the way. It’s then when he begins his favorite part of the job: touring the housing units and yard of the institution. It’s here that he spends his time communicating with staff and around 700 inmates currently held in the facility. It’s a routine that Taylor has been doing for the last 50 years at MacDougall, and its one that has led to him having one of the most unique and enriching experiences in the corrections field.

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