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Running the Department of Corrections is considered to be one of the hardest jobs in state government.

Former Hampton Police Chief Bill Wrenn has become the department's 8th Commissioner in the past ten years.

Problems run rampant at the DOC....everything from low employee morale to decrepit buildings to a high recidivism rate.

Wrenn promises he's up to the task.

But New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports that his commitment to the job hardly makes him unique among his predecessors.