The first employee hired to work in the Department was a woman, Bonnie Sizer,
who started as Director Allen Cook's secretary and later became the Employee
Assistance Supervisor. In the early days of the Department, security positions
were held only by men. However, many women soon began to seek a career in the
corrections field.
In 1979, Terry Maloney became the first woman promoted to Sergeant. By 1981,
there were 130 women serving as protective service workers in ADC, according to
the "Women as Professionals" report, which said, "This small group of women had
to overcome many obstacles in the quest for a career in the corrections field."
In 1980, Officer Patti Brown was recognized as the Outstanding Female
Correctional Officer for ADC, by Contact, a national criminal justice
clearinghouse, and Mabel White was the first Correctional Service Officer who
finished the ADC Academy in March 1982. Kathy Atwood became the first ADC
Lieutenant in a male institution in 1982. Ann Martinez was named the first
female captain in 1980.
In the 1980's four women held executive positions: Camille Graham and Marge
Thompson, Deputy Directors; Carol Moore Hurtt, Assistant Director of
Juvenile/Community Services; and Marilyn Wilkens, Assistant Director, ACI. The
first woman Warden of a prison complex was Meg Savage, who became Warden at ASPC-Florence
in 1996.
Dora Schriro was appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano in July, 2003. Director
Schriro is the first woman to lead the department.
Today, women hold many security, supervisory, management and executive positions
in the Department.
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