Episode 79 William Zalman Colorado Department of Corrections Director of Offender Services

Years of Service: 1977-2009  Bill began his career as an educational release specialist in Nebraska and eventually worked as a prison guard.  In 1980, Bill moved to Colorado and began a long career with the Colorado Department of Corrections where he finished his career as the Director of Offender Services.  After he retired, he was then hired by the Department of State where he served in the role of Senior Corrections Advisor. In his capacity, he traveled all over the world evaluating and providing recommendations to prison facilities in other countries so that they could bring their inmate housing to first-world standards.  In this episode, Bill discusses topics surrounding prisons such as transgenderism, race relations, gang relations, smuggling of contraband, and the difference between the levels of prisons to include Super Max.  Bill also talks about the things he saw in prisons all over the world and some countries that house their criminals well as well as some who