Assistant Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections/Community Corrections
Bio
Joe Winkler is the Assistant Secretary of Community Corrections at the Florida Department of Corrections. Mr. Winkler started with the department in 2001 as a probation officer. He has held every certified position within Community Corrections before being appointment to the Assistant Secretary position. As the Assistant Secretary, Mr. Winkler enforces the community corrections mission by making every reasonable effort to ensure that all offenders placed on community supervision receive the appropriate level of supervision and services needed in order to protect the public and increase the offender’s chance of succeeding while on supervision. Mr. Winkler is responsible for the statewide oversight of approximately 3,000 staff, operations in over 140 State Probation Offices, supervision of approximately 150,000 offenders and a $215 million budget.
He serves on the Board of Directors with the Florida Association of Community Corrections and is the Florida Commissioner of Interstate Compact.