South Region
Regional Representative
Corrie Copeland
Corrie Copeland is an employee with the Tennessee Department of Children Services, currently serving as the Commissioner for Interstate Compact for Juveniles (ICJ) within the Office of Juvenile Justice. Ms. Copeland has been with the department for 18 years and has served in various positions. Ms. Copeland is responsible for providing daily oversight of interstate probation/parole cases and the process of returning runaway youth, absconder, and escapees. She currently chairs the Finance Committee and serves on the Racial Ad Hoc committee. She previously served on the Compliance Committee, which ensures states adhere to the rules and protocols of the Compact, and on the Training Committee in which she was a panel participant for the 2019 Annual Business Meeting. Ms. Copeland also participates in the Southern Regional ICJ workgroup, making sure the region complies. It addresses any interstate issues that may affect the Southern region and ICJ stakeholders. Ms. Copeland obtained her undergraduate degree in History from Fisk University and a Master’s degree in Public Serve Management from Cumberland University.
Commissioners
Steven P. LaFreniere
- Direct Phone: (334) 215-3800
- Office Email: AL-ICJ@dys.alabama.gov
- Personal Email: steven.lafreniere@dys.alabama.gov
- Commissioner
- Parole & Probation
- Alabama Department of Youth Services
- PO Box 66;
1000 Industrial Schools Rd.
Mt Meigs, Alabama 36057
Michael Crump
- Direct Phone: (501) 537-3430
- FAX: (501) 683-2121
- Office Email: Michael.Crump@dhs.arkansas.gov
- Commissioner / Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- Division of Youth Services
- Department of Human Services
- P. O. Box 1437, Slot S-501
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203
Jefferson Regis
- Direct Phone: (202) 368-8649
- Office Phone: (202) 299-3843
- Office Email: jefferson.regis@dc.gov
- Personal Email: jefferson.regis@dc.gov
- Commissioner
- Parole & Probation
- Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services
- 1100 4th Street, SW
Washington , District of Columbia 20024
Jean Hall
- Direct Phone: (850) 717-2573
- Office Phone: (850) 717-2573
- FAX: (850) 414-6897
- Office Email: interstatecompact2@fldjj.gov
- Personal Email: Jean.Hall@fldjj.gov
- Commissioner / Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- FL Department of Juvenile Justice
- 2737 Centerview Drive, Suite 1411-A
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3100
Robb Gilstrap
- Direct Phone: (423) 827-6656
- Office Email: RobbGilstrap@djj.state.ga.us
- Personal Email: RobbGilstrap@djj.state.ga.us
- Commissioner
- Parole & Probation
- Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
- 3408 Covington Highway
Decatur, Georgia 30032-1513
Amy Welch
- Direct Phone: (502) 892-3739
- FAX: (502) 573-0836
- Office Email: DJJKentuckyInterstate@ky.gov
- Personal Email: amy.welch@ky.gov
- Commissioner / Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- KY Interstate Compact for Juveniles (ICJ)
- 1025 Capital Center Drive, 3rd Floor
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Angela Bridgewater
- Direct Phone: (225) 287-7939
- Office Phone: (225) 287-7900
- FAX: (225) 287-7969
- Office Email: angela.bridgewater@la.gov
- Personal Email: angela.bridgewater@la.gov
- Commissioner / Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- Office of Juvenile Justice
- P.O. Box 66458 Audubon Station
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70896
Sherry Jones
- Direct Phone: (410) 230-3200
- FAX: (410) 659-6865
- Office Email: sherry.jones@maryland.gov
- Personal Email: sherry.jones@maryland.gov
- Commissioner / Deputy Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- Maryland Department of Juvenile Justice
- 217 E. Redwood Street; 14th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Robert Anderson
- Direct Phone: (601) 359-4834
- Office Email: bob.anderson@mdhs.ms.gov
- Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- Mississippi Department of Human Services
- 200 South Lamar Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Julie Hawkins
- Direct Phone: (573) 751-1283
- FAX: (573) 526-4494
- Office Email: julie.hawkins@dss.mo.gov
- Personal Email: julie.hawkins@dss.mo.gov
- Deputy Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- Missouri Division of Youth Services
- Missouri Division of Youth Services
- PO Box 447
Jefferson City , Missouri 65102
Stephen Horton
- Direct Phone: (919) 324-6396
- Office Email: stephen.horton@ncdps.gov
- Personal Email: stephen.horton@ncdps.gov
- Commissioner
- Parole & Probation
- Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- NC Department of Public Safety
- 4212 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4212
Robert Hendryx
- Direct Phone: (405) 990-3801
- FAX: (405) 530-2938
- Office Email: robert.hendryx@oja.ok.gov
- Personal Email: robert.hendryx@oja.ok.gov
- Deputy Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- Juvenile Services Division, ICJ
- Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
- ICJ c/o OJA – M.C. Connors Bldg., Ste. 500; 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
Elizabeth Hill
- Direct Phone: (803) 896-4815
- Office Email: ElizabethAHill@djj.sc.gov
- Commissioner
- Parole & Probation
- Division of Legal Services
- South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
- P.O. Box 21069
Columbia, South Carolina 29221
Corrie Copeland
- Direct Phone: (615) 604-6745
- FAX: (615) 741-2559
- Office Email: ICJ@tn.gov
- Personal Email: Correnthia.Copeland@tn.gov
- Commissioner / Deputy Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- Office of Juvenile Justice
- Department of Children's Services
- 315 Deadrick Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
Dr. Evan Norton
- Direct Phone: (512) 490-7130
- Office Email: Evan.norton@tjjd.texas.gov
- Personal Email: Evan.norton@tjjd.texas.gov
- Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- Texas Juvenile Justice Department
- P.O. Box 12757
Austin, Texas 78711-2757
Natalie Dalton
- Direct Phone: (804) 291-7129
- FAX: (804) 371-6498
- Office Email: natalie.dalton@djj.virginia.gov
- Commissioner / Compact Administrator
- Parole & Probation
- Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice
- Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice
- PO Box 1110; 600 E. Main St., 20th Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Stephanie Bond
- Direct Phone: (304) 340-2925
- Office Phone: (304) 558-0145
- FAX: (304) 926-1700
- Office Email: Stephanie.bond@courtswv.gov
- Commissioner
- Parole & Probation
- Division of Probation Services
- WV Supreme Court of Appeals
- 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Bldg.1, Room E-100
Charleston, West Virginia 25305