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David Kelly, the new commissioner of the state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, is shown during a legislative meeting earlier this year. 

David Kelly, a current leader in the House of Delegates and pastor from Tyler County, will take over as commissioner of the stateƵs troubled jails and correctional system.

He spent 20 years in law enforcement before serving in the Legislature, where the Republican chaired a committee on jails and prisons. Kelly championed during that prompted from 2022 through last year.

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