Former SCI Greene worker gets new job
Mark Capozza, former deputy superintendent of centralized services for the state Department of Corrections at SCI Greene, has been named superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Fayette, replacing Jay Lane, who retired. Capozza began his corrections career in 1986 with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he started as a corrections officer and rose through the ranks, serving as counselor, senior counselor and a field parole agent.
Capozza relocated to Pennsylvania in 1998, and while at SCI Greene, he was unit manager for the special management unit, corrections classification and program manager, major for unit management and deputy superintendent for centralized services.
Following his 14 years at SCI Greene, Capozza was appointed in October 2012 superintendent of SCI Pittsburgh, which has since closed.
He has a bachelor of science in criminal justice – corrections and a master of social work, both from California State University at Long Beach.