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2022 Election

Board of Governors

5. Institutions (2 Positions)

Janet Dowling (OK) Warden II Oklahoma Department of Corrections

Janet Dowling began her career with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in 1995 at a facil ity dedicated to substance abuse treatment and was later promoted to Deputy Warden at a medium security facility. Dowling has served in her current position, Warden II, at Dick Conner Correctional Center since 2015. Dowling received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern Oklahoma University. Dowling is a member of the Oklahoma Correctional Association where she served as President. In addition to her membership in the American Correctional Association, Janet is a member of the Associa tion of Women Executives in Corrections and serves as Chair of the Membership Committee. Dowling also provided Thinking for a Change Training as a contractor for NIC.

Marc McClure (MS) Superintendent Mississippi State Penitentiary

Marc McClure began his career in law enforcement in 1995 as an officer and moved through the ranks to become a detective and an assistant commander of the Special Response Team at the West Point Police Department. In 1998, McClure joined the Mississippi Department of Corrections. McClure started out as a probation and parole agent, supervising individuals released from prison and eventually became an agent supervisor and then a director for one of the state’s three Commu nity Corrections regions. In 2021, McClure became superintendent at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, the state’s largest prison. McClure is currently superintendent at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, the state’s oldest prison.

Joe Page III (AR) Superintendent Division of Correction

Joe Page III has worked for the Arkansas Division of Correction since 2004. In 2009, he was named Deputy Warden at the Newport Complex in Newport Arkansas. In February of 2016, Page was appointed Warden of the Delta Regional Unit. Page received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Crimi nal Justice from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Bethel University. Page is adjunct faculty member for Shorter College instructing incar

cerated students for Second Chance Pell Grant.

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