Charles W. Wend, Community Corrections Supervisor, Washington State Department of Corrections, has worked for the State Department of Corrections for over 25 years. He has worked in a variety of correctional settings to include prison, work release and field operations. He has broad experience working with high risk offenders including sex offenders, violent offenders, and mentally ill offenders. Currently, Wend supervises a group of Re-Entry Specialists who are tasked with transitioning high risk offenders releasing from prison back into the community. He works closely with the Skagit County Law and Justice Council and he currently is the chair of the Corrections Facilities Task Force, focusing on the planning of a new Skagit County Community Justice Center. Charlie graduated in 1975 from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan with a degree in Anthropology.

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