Press Release: 2025-01-29

Governor Healey Appoints Lori Streeter as Interim Franklin County Sheriff

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

1/28/2025

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BOSTON — Governor Maura Healey today appointed Lori Streeter as Interim Franklin County Sheriff. Streeter has over 35 years of experience at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and House of Corrections, where she has served as Superintendent and Special Sheriff since 2014. She will assume her role as Interim Sheriff at the end of the month upon Sheriff Christopher Donelan's retirement. 

“Superintendent Lori Streeter is a widely respected leader who has dedicated her career to serving the people of Franklin County,” said Governor Maura Healey. “She knows the Sheriff’s Office and House of Corrections inside and out, and she has spent years getting to know staff and inmates and earning their trust. She has also prioritized mental health and substance use treatment and re-entry programs, which enhance public health and public safety. I’m proud to appoint her as Interim Sheriff and know she is an excellent choice to fill the shoes of Sheriff Donelan.”

“Superintendent Streeter’s commitment to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and House of Corrections is evident from her decades of service there,” said Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll. “We are excited to see her step into this new role as Interim Sheriff, and we thank Sheriff Donelan for his lifetime of service and wish him the best in his retirement.”

“It is an honor to be appointed by Governor Healey as Interim Sheriff,” said Superintendent Streeter. “I have worked at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for 35 years and under three administrations. Most recently, I have had the extraordinary opportunity to work alongside Sheriff Donelan as we have been at the forefront of efforts to prioritize mental health and substance use disorder treatment with a locked setting. It is an immense privilege to continue this mission set forth by Sheriff Donelan. My years of service have given me a unique perspective and strong knowledge base to manage the agency and the ever-changing needs of the community, our staff and the people we serve.”

Superintendent Streeter has worked at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and House of Corrections since 1985, working her way up from Correctional Officer to Superintendent and Special Sheriff. In this role, she manages a 320-bed jail and house of corrections and leads a team of 250 employees. Throughout her tenure, she has prioritized substance use disorder and mental health treatment and has been nationally recognized for these efforts. She also supported the establishment of the Franklin County Community Justice and Re-Entry Center in conjunction with the Commonwealth’s Office of Community Corrections, and she managed Franklin County’s on-site Re-Entry Program.

Superintendent Streeter currently serves as Chair of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Women in Criminal Justice Conference and previously served as Chair of the Massachusetts Sheriff’s Association’s Education and Training Committee. She graduated from Westfield State College with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and a minor in Social Work. She lives in Greenfield.