Her Story
About Christine
Christine Krochko recently retired as Assistant Deputy Superintendent after 32 years in corrections, including 32.5 years with the Plymouth County Sheriff's Department in Massachusetts. She began her career as a juvenile detention officer in New Jersey before transferring to adult facilities, where she supervised maximum security, federal, immigration, and protective custody inmates, served as shift commander overseeing 300 employees and 1,600 inmates, and managed medication programs for opiate use disorder. Krochko earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University in Boston with a minor in sociology and graduated from the Intermittent Police Academy while becoming civilian traffic unit qualified. She now owns Correctional Compliance and Advisory Services LLC, offering support to correctional facilities on audits including PREA, ACA, DOC, and NCHC, security operations, policy review, as well as expert witness and litigation support for attorneys. Krochko attributes her success to motivation, purpose, community service, and public safety, drawing on her sociology background for meaningful inmate interactions while maintaining a positive, respectful, and fair approach.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Christine
01What do you attribute your success to?
I just think that just being motivated, like having a purpose is just so important. A reason to wake up in the morning, a reason to make an impact, a reason to do something. Community service is important to me, public safety, serving the public is important to me. My minor in sociology really ended up playing a big part, having a lot of one-on-one discussions with inmates, learning about where they came from. I never felt like I was doing something that wasn't important.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
It is a great career. It really is. The pension, the benefits, the ability to make a difference, it's a good paying job. The ability to serve the community. It's a job that you're never sitting down. If you're active, you like moving about, it's the job for you.
03What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Being respectful towards people, pleasant, positive, fair, dedicated, working to something that's bigger than yourself. Corrections is a team sport. Bodybuilding's kind of the same community. You know, you're working for something bigger than yourself. I don't let the environment get me down. I don't personalize it. I don't take inmates' behavior personally. I just try to have that positive outlook.
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