first off, she was, in fact, quite racist. if you don’t believe me, go look up what she had to say about kaepernick kneeling during the anthem.
second, she was more interested in retaining personal power than in doing the right thing.
people romanticize her, and the hero worship is gross.
She also ruled that prisoners who violated contraband rules could have visitation rights permanently revoked, and other prisoners could have visitation severely curtailed for no reason (other than prison overcrowding).