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2022 Election

Delegate Assembly

Carla F. Joseph (TN) Chief of Security Davidson County Sheriff’s Office

Carla Joseph has worked for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office since 1998 moving through the ranks holding several positions. In 2017, Joseph was selected to join the Transition Team that would be responsible for facilitating and coordinating moving into the 756-bed Downtown Detention Center when it opened in 2020. Joseph enhanced her professional development by attending Sam Houston University Correctional Management Institute Warden’s Peer Interaction Program, National Institute of Corrections Correctional Executive Excellence Program, became a Certified Jail Manager, and earned certification in Correctional Behavioral Health. Ruby Joyner (TN) Facility Administrator, Maximum Correctional Center — Males (MCC); Correctional Development Center — Females (CDF) Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Ruby Joyner has worked for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) since 1999. For two years she served as a treatment team supervisor for the Day Reporting Center (DRC) later assuming the role of facility administrator. Joyner served six years as training director, and thirteen years in various jail/facility administrator roles. Joyner received dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychol ogy and Social Work from Trevecca University and earned a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Joyner has been an ACA member since 2004 and has earned numerous designations/certifica tions including the Certified Corrections Executive (CCE), Correctional Behavior Health Certification (CBHC) and the Certified Corrections Manager (CCM). Delegate Assembly (2020). Joyner is also a Licensed Master Social Worker.

8. Detention (Juvenile) (2 Positions)

Richard L. Bean (TN) Superintendent Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center

Richard L. Bean has been with the Knox County Government in Knoxville, Tennessee since 1962, working first with the sheriff’s department in the Domestic Relations Court and then with the Knox County Juvenile Court. In 1972, Bean was appointed superintendent of the East Tennessee Regional Juvenile Service Center. In 2001, Knox County Commission changed the name of the facility to the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center in his honor. Bean has also served in the U.S. Navy and the Naval Reserves. Bean is a member of the National Partnership for Juvenile Services (NPJS), National Criminal Justice Association, Tennessee Juvenile Court Services Association, Tennessee Juvenile Justice Board and more. Bean was awarded NPJS’s Member of the Year in 1999 and the Grimm-Hill Member of the Year in 2011. In 2012, Bean was elected to the American Correctional Association’s Delegate Assembly as representative of institutional line operating personnel (juvenile).

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