Miami-Dade mayor honors 1st woman to serve as county’s Corrections and Rehabilitation Department’s director

MIAMI – Sherea Green is making history as the first woman to serve as director of the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department, one of the largest in the country.

Green, who published a book about leadership through Christian principles, stood on stage with Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava during an investiture ceremony with a red carpet on Friday at PortMiami.

Green joined MDCR last year after two decades with the Broward Sheriff’s Office where she started as a typist in 1993 and eventually served as assistant director, according to the county’s biography.

Levine Cava appointed Green, the then-deputy director, in November to be responsible for over 4,000 inmates who are awaiting trial or serving sentences of 364 days or less.

Levine Cava’s administration credited Green with helping the department “achieve substantial compliance” and supporting “lasting reform,” according to a county statement.

The department, which has headquarters in Doral, runs detention facilities that offer medical and mental health treatments, and re-entry and youth boot camp programs.