Ray Hobbs, director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, announced his retirement Friday.
Hobbs, 62, of Pine Bluff notified Gov. Mike Beebe, the Board of Corrections and the department staff of his retirement in a letter sent about 4:45 p.m., according to department spokesman Shea Wilson.
"After much prayer, reflections, humility and noting a career of almost forty years (39 years and 10 months) in corrections, I have reached the decision to retire effective Nov. 1, 2014,” Hobbs wrote.
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