(AP) -- South Carolina Gov.-elect Nikki Haley has picked a former Family Court judge to lead the state's prisons and a longtime administrator at the Juvenile Justice Department to take over that agency.
Haley announced her choices Thursday of Bill Byars, who is the current director of the Juvenile Justice Department, to lead the state Corrections Department and Margaret Barber, Byars' chief of staff, to take over Juvenile Justice.
Byars is credited with turning around the state's system of jailing and rehabilitating youthful offenders after a lawsuit claiming overcrowding and abuse led the federal government to oversee the agency's operations in 1995.
Barber was named chief of staff at the agency in 2007.
They are Haley's third and fourth announced Cabinet picks. The state Senate must confirm all nominees.
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