Midwest Region | ICAOS Directory

Updated: 02.14.10

Midwest Region

Member States:
Illinois / Indiana / Iowa / Kansas / Michigan / Minnesota / Nebraska / North Dakota / Ohio
South Dakota / Wisconsin

Discussion Forum
Midwest Region Commissioners Discussion Forum

Meetings
01/27/10: Calendar / Agenda

Minutes
10/14/03 | 07/09/04 | 01/21/05 | 01/11/06 | 10/03/06 | 12/14/06 | 03/22/07 | 05/23/07 | 08/02/07
09/25/07 | 11/08/07 | 01/10/08 | 03/13/08 | 05/08/08 | 06/26/08 | 09/09/08 | 12/09/08 | 02/11/09
04/08/09 | 06/10/09 | 08/12/09

Linda Janes, ICAOS Midwest Region Chair Chair
Linda S. Janes
Commissioner, Ohio

Linda Janes, LICDC, is the Deputy Director of the Division of Parole and Community Services. The Division includes the Ohio Parole Board, the Ohio Adult Parole Authority, the Office of Victim Services, the Bureau of Community Sanctions and the Bureau of Adult Detention. Linda has over 20 years experience working in community corrections in the private, county and state sectors. She began her career with the Department as a parole officer and was later promoted to a number of leadership positions within the Division of Parole and Community Services, including Recovery Services Administrator, Assistant Chief of Community Residential Services and Chief of the Bureau of Community Sanctions. She has authored and co-authored articles in the Canadian Solicitor General’s Report, “What Works in Conditional Release and Community Reintegration” (March, 2003) the Ohio Community Corrections Organization (OCCO) newsletters (2003-2006), the Ohio Judicial Conference “For the Record” publication (Summer, 2003 and Fourth Quarter, 2005), The Corrections Connection, “A Bang for the Buck: Considering Outcomes in Alternatives to Incarceration” (December, 2006) and the National institute of Corrections, “Ohio’s Evidence-Based Approach to Community Sanctions and Supervision (January 2007). Linda is the proud recipient of the following awards: The OCCO Dr. Bennett J. Cooper Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, the Alvis House President’s Golden Rule Award in April 2006 and the ODRC Reginald A. Wilkinson Excellence in Management Award in October 2006.

Midwest Region Commissioners