Joe Profiri (left), then secretary of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, and Carlos Garcia of the Arizona Correctional Peace Officers Association are shown in these file photos from April 2023 and April 2019, respectively. (Left, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Will Langhorn; right, AP/Bob Christie)
Joe Profiri was a good guy. But then he got a promotion.
"He was good when he was in the lower ranks," said Carlos Garcia, executive director of the Arizona Correctional Peace Officers Association, which is the state's largest independent labor organization.
