*Bob Gunton played the corrupt warden in “Shawshank Redemption,” my favorite film of all time, so well. I can’t help but think about it in conjunction with Chris Epps resignation as Mississippi’s Department of Corrections chief, after an indictment was filed alleging he took bribes and kickbacks.
At least he didn’t choose the same “out” as the Shawshank guy.
It sounds like Epps had the same shady character as “Warden Samuel Norton” though. Just not the luxury of it being a movie. There was no “Andy Dufresne,” (Tim Robbins). No “Red” (Morgan Freeman) and no one yelling “Cut!” at the end.
Epps had been head of Mississippi’s prisons for more than a decade before allegations surfaced about him handing out contracts in exchange for kickbacks on the regular.
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