Philadelphia Department of Prisons Commissioner Michael R. Resnick, Esq. has spent more than two decades working in a variety of public safety and criminal justice system positions for the City of Philadelphia and the state of Maryland. In 2016, he served as Acting Philadelphia Prisons Commissioner, including during a period when the City received a MacArthur Foundation grant to implement reforms to ease prison overcrowding. Resnick also served the State of Maryland as Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services in the state’s Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, where he was responsible for overseeing the Baltimore City Jails. Prior to his service as acting Philadelphia Police Commissioner, Resnick served as the City’s Director of Public Safety (2011 to 2015), overseeing Police, Fire, Prisons, the Office of Emergency Management, and other public safety entities. Resnick has also served as Chief of Staff to the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, and Chief of Staff and Director of Legal Affairs to the Philadelphia Prison System.