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D.C. Department of Corrections Chief Tom Faust is stepping down, making DCDOC the fourth agency without a permanent leader, following D.C. Police, D.C. Public Schools, and the Department of General Services.

Faust says that he is retiring in November and plans to move to the West Coast in a press release. He has headed up the department since October 2011.

The news comes as DCDOC faces a number of transitions.

First, there’s wide agreement among public officials that the 40-year-old D.C. Jail needs to be replaced, though questions remain about where the new correctional facility will go and how the city will pay for it.

This summer, one inmate’s lawyer argued that the heat in the jail constituted cruel and unusual punishment, and DOC had to relocate nearly 200 inmates because of faulty air circulation. Other documented problems with the building include vermin, leaking, and mold, according to a 2015 Washington Lawyers Committee report.

D.C. issued a solicitation for guidelines for the proposed jail this past May.

Also on the horizon: D.C. will resume oversight of the Correctional Treatment Facility next door in February 2017, when the contract with the Corrections Corporation of America expires. CTF holds 600 inmates—women, juveniles being tried as adults, and minimum and medium-security male offenders, according to the mayor’s office. The mayor’s budget includes $5.9 million dedicated to the transition.

As noted by Washington City Paper, which first reported the news, Faust and former D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier aren’t the only changes to the city’s criminal justice infrastructure. Bowser named a new director of the Mayor’s Office of Returning Citizen Affairs earlier this month. (The previous director, Charles Thornton, and his picture are still posted on the office’s website.)