1. Michael Hennessey was born on c 1948 and is an American attorney and former Sheriff of San Francisco.
15 Facts About Michael Hennessey
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Michael Hennessey's tenure was notable for the development of prisoner education and rehabilitation programs, by construction of three major jail facilities and by expansion of powers of the Office of Sheriff.
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Michael Hennessey grew up in Manilla, Iowa, a town of 900 people in western Iowa.
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Michael Hennessey graduated with a degree in history from St John's University in 1970 and then moved to San Francisco to attend law school.
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Michael Hennessey graduated with Honors from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1973, where he helped found the school rugby team and served as an editor of the Law Review.
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The ex-con, Michael Marcum, had been a UYA social worker when Hennessey was part of the UYA program.
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Michael Hennessey's popularity is largely attributed to his progressive leadership in introducing innovative rehabilitation programs in the jails, aggressive hiring within San Francisco's minority communities, and improving the professionalism of the Department.
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Michael Hennessey is considered a visionary in bringing rehabilitation and education programs into the jails.
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Michael Hennessey was often asked to speak about his violence prevention program.
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Michael Hennessey is a vocal critic of the federal Secure Communities deportation program.
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Michael Hennessey was an early proponent of a new technique for jail management, called Direct Supervision in the jail, in the jail, located on San Francisco's watershed land in San Bruno.
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Unfortunately all of San Francisco's current jails, all built under Michael Hennessey Hennessy's watch have a fatal flaw.
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Michael Hennessey began this program very early in the AIDS crisis which hit San Francisco's large gay population especially hard.
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Michael Hennessey expanded the duties of the San Francisco Sheriff's Department to include helping provide security for visiting dignitaries, including sitting Presidents, heads of state and Pope John Paul II.
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Michael Hennessey is widely quoted in a recent history of the local punk rock scene, Gimme Something Better, by Jack Boulware and Spike Tudor.