Mr. Schumer 's initial complaint focused on four consultants hired because of their expertise in running prisons : Lane McCotter , who had been a state prison director in Texas , New Mexico and Utah ; Terry Stewart , who had worked in the Arizona prison system for 17 years ; Gary DeLand , who had headed the Salt Lake County and later Utah prison systems ; and John Armstrong , who retired in 2003 as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Corrections .