John Edward Wetzel served as Pennsylvania Secretary of Corrections from 2011 until 2021, after being nominated by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and confirmed in May 2011.

He was subsequently re-nominated by Governor Tom Wolf in 2015.

Wetzel resigned his office effective October 1, 2021.

[1][2] Previously, he served on the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons.

[3][4] Wetzel is also chair of the Board of Directors for The Council of State Governments Justice Center,[5] a national nonprofit that provides practical, nonpartisan, research-driven strategies and tools to increase public safety and strengthen communities.