February 2, 2010

Gov. Nixon names McSwain as chairman of Board of Probation and Parole

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Gov. Jay Nixon today announced he has named Ellis McSwain Jr., of Jefferson City, to serve as the chairman of the Board of Probation and Parole.

McSwain served as the warden at Algoa Correctional Center in Jefferson City until September 2009, when the Governor appointed him to the Board of Probation of Parole. In addition to Algoa, McSwain held management positions at other Missouri Department of Corrections institutions in Boonville, Cameron, Fulton, Jefferson City and Tipton, and served as a probation and parole officer in Hannibal.

The seven-member Board of Probation and Parole is responsible for determining whether a person confined in the Department of Corrections shall be paroled or conditionally released and for supervising all persons on probation and parole.