Central Office - Correctional Programs Division

Charles E. Samuels, Jr.
Assistant Director,
Correctional Programs Division


Assistant Director (AD) Charles E. Samuels, Jr., directs all critical Bureau inmate management and program functions in the following areas: correctional services, security and emergency planning, witness security and victim witness operations, intelligence gathering and sharing, counter-terrorism initiatives, designations and sentence computations, gang management, inmate skills development and reentry initiatives, unit and case management, female offender programs, delivery of mental health and religious services, and sex offender certification reviews.

AD Samuels began his career with the Bureau as a Correctional Officer in March 1988. Subsequently, he was selected for positions of increasing responsibility, including Case Manager trainee at FCI Talladega, Case Manager at USP Atlanta, Community Corrections trainee and Community Corrections Oversight Specialist at FCI Phoenix, Unit Manager at FCI Dublin, Program Review Division Examiner in Central Office, and Regional Correctional Programs Administrator and Executive Assistant for the Northeast Region. Mr. Samuels has served as Associate Warden at FCIs Otisville and Beckley, Ombudsman in Central Office, and Warden at FCIs Manchester and Fort Dix, prior to being named Senior Deputy AD of the Correctional Programs Division. He assumed his current position in January 2011.

In 2001, Mr. Samuels was selected Associate Warden of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic Region for his many contributions to correctional administration. In June 2006, he was appointed to the Senior Executive Service while serving as Warden at FCI Fort Dix.

Mr. Samuels is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. He received his B.S. in Social and Behavioral Sciences in 1987 from the University of Alabama (Birmingham). In addition, he graduated from the Harvard University Executive Education Program for senior managers in government in August 2007.