ABOUT US
John Wetzel
CEO & Founder
John Wetzel is the CEO and founder of Phronema Justice Strategies, LLC. John is the former Pennsylvania Secretary of Corrections from 2011 - 2021.
In 1989, John began his career in corrections as an officer at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility. He then transferred to the Berks County Prison, where he held the positions of correctional officer, treatment counselor, supervisor of treatment services and training academic director, until becoming warden of the Franklin County Jail in 2002.
John was appointed as the state Board of Pardons’ corrections expert in 2007 and confirmed as secretary of corrections in 2011, and retired in 2021 as the longest serving as Secretary of Corrections in the history of Pennsylvania.
John will also be launching a non-profit that focuses on Pennsylvania county criminal justice programs and national reform work.
He is the father of four daughters and a graduate of Bloomsburg University.