{{Short description|United States army general}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mark S. Inch | image = Secretary Mark Inch.jpg | caption = Inch in 2019 | office = Secretary of the {{nowrap|Florida Department of Corrections}} | appointer = Ron DeSantis | term_start = January 8, 2019 | term_end = November 19, 2021 | predecessor = Julie L. Jones | successor = Ricky D. Dixon | office2 = 9th Director of the {{nowrap|Federal Bureau of Prisons}} | president2 = Donald Trump | appointer2 = Jeff Sessions | term_start2 = September 18, 2017 | term_end2 = May 18, 2018 | predecessor2 = Thomas R. Kane (acting) | successor2 = Hugh J. Hurwitz (acting) | birth_name = Mark Sherwin Inch | birth_date = | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | education = United States Army Command and General Staff College ({{abbr|MMASc|Master of Military Art and Science}})<br>University of Texas at Austin ({{abbr|MGeog|Master of Geography}})<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Texas Degree Verification |url=http://utdirect.utexas.edu/registrar/degv.WBX}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=University of Texas Thesis Catalog |url=http://catalog.lib.utexas.edu/search~S29?/aInch%2C+Mark+Sherwin%2C+1960-/ainch+mark+sherwin+++++1960/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=ainch+mark+sherwin+++++1960&1%2C1%2C}}</ref><ref>[http://utdirect.utexas.edu/registrar/degv.WBX Search for "Inch, Mark" as alumnus at University of Texas alumni website]</ref><br/>Wheaton College (BA)<ref>[https://alumni.wheaton.edu/s/1156/images/editor_documents/rotc_newsletter_03_2018.pdf Thunder Rolls, 2017–2018 Newsletter. Page 3]</ref><br/>Texas A&M University (BS) | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Army | service_years = 1982–2017 | rank = Major General | unit = | commands = United States Army Provost Marshal General<br/>United States Army Military Police School<br/>United States Army Corrections Command<br/>United States Disciplinary Barracks<br/>705th Military Police Battalion | battles = Operation Gothic Serpent<br/>War in Afghanistan<br/>Iraq War | mawards = Army Distinguished Service Medal<br/>Defense Superior Service Medal<br/>Legion of Merit (3)<br/>Bronze Star Medal }}
'''Mark Sherwin Inch'''<ref>Wallechinsky D., Straehley S. [http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/director-of-the-federal-bureau-of-prisons-who-is-mark-inch-170830?news=860292 Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons: Who Is Mark Inch?] AllGov, Wednesday, August 30, 2017]</ref><ref>[http://utdirect.utexas.edu/registrar/degv.WBX Search for "Inch, Mark" as alumnus at University of Texas alumni website]</ref> is an American correctional officer and retired United States Army major general who served as the 9th Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons of the United States. He resigned from that position on May 18, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Director of Bureau of Prisons Steps Down |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/us/politics/mark-inch-director-bureau-of-prisons-resigns.html |work=New York Times |date=18 May 2018 |accessdate=May 20, 2018|last1=Ivory |first1=Danielle }}</ref>
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions named Inch to head the Federal Bureau of Prisons in the Department of Justice (DOJ) on August 1, 2017. Inch, who also holds degrees in geography and archaeology, had supervised prisons of the United States Army for two years.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-inch-9727ab58/ LinkedIn profile for Mark S. Inch]</ref> Inch assumed office as Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on September 18, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark S. Inch |url=https://www.bop.gov/about/agency/bio_dir.jsp |publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons |accessdate=September 29, 2017}}</ref> On January 3, 2019, Governor-elect Ron DeSantis of Florida announced that Inch would head the Florida Department of Corrections. On May 2, 2019, Inch was confirmed by the Florida Senate as the Secretary of Corrections. November 19, 2021 Inch announced his retirement and was replaced by Deputy Secretary Ricky D. Dixon.
==Education== * U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Master's Degree, Military Operational Art and Science/Studies, 2004 – 2005 * University of Texas at Austin, Master's Degree, Geography (Regional Concentration: Middle East/Africa), (1992),<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Texas Degree Verification|url=http://utdirect.utexas.edu/registrar/degv.WBX}}</ref> Thesis: Decision-making and the implementation of security land use policies : a case study of Iraq<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Texas Thesis Catalog |url=http://catalog.lib.utexas.edu/search~S29?/aInch%2C+Mark+Sherwin%2C+1960-/ainch+mark+sherwin+++++1960/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=ainch+mark+sherwin+++++1960&1%2C1%2C}}</ref> – Summer 1990 to Summer 1992.<ref>[http://utdirect.utexas.edu/registrar/degv.WBX Search for "Inch, Mark" as alumnus at University of Texas alumni website]</ref> * Wheaton College, Bachelor's Degree, Biblical Archaeology, 1978 – 1982<ref>[https://alumni.wheaton.edu/s/1156/images/editor_documents/rotc_newsletter_03_2018.pdf Thunder Rolls, 2017–2018 Newsletter. Page 3]</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.bop.gov/about/agency/bio_dir.jsp Official FBP Biography] *[https://api.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/367336.pdf Official Biography (pdf) for Major General Mark S. Inch] *[https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/08/23/can-a-general-conquer-the-federal-prison-system George, J. Can a General Conquer the Federal Prison System? Marshall Project] *[https://medium.com/@MPProjectJunto/patrol-debrief-5-the-servant-leader-part-1-e96d2f39910f Patrol Debrief #5: The Servant Leader (Part 1) (MP Project Junto)]
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