Jim Circo

Jim Circo began his career in the Department of Correction in the early '70s, rising through the ranks to become Superintendent of MCI-Shirley pre-release, NCCI Gardner, and Chief of Staff of the Department. During the Boone Administration, he was one of the first hires at the novel Reception Diagnostic Center, and spent eight days inside the blocks at MCI-Walpole during the March 1973 Correction Officers’ walk-out. Jim served as Assistant Secretary for Criminal Justice in the Executive Office of Human Services, and later as Chairman of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Corrections. During the Dukakis Administration, he served as Assistant Secretary for Criminal Justice in the Executive Office of Human Services.  In 1987, he changed careers and has managed commercial real estate for several national firms as a General and Portfolio Manager, including Vice President at the World Trade Center Boston. 

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Experience

• Research Analyst -Central Office DOC

• Assistant Staff Psychologist-Reception Diagnostic Center

• Deputy Director Classification-Central Office

• Superintendent- MCI-Shirley

• Superintendent- NCCI Gardner

• Chief of Staff- Central Office

• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Criminal Justice-Exec Office Human Services Assistant Secretary- EOHS

• Chairman of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Corrections

• VP Real Estate and Operations World Trade Center Boston

• Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Manager