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Maranda Williams joined REFORM Alliance as the Indiana State Organizer after working for the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) for over sixteen years. Maranda held positions in case management focusing on appropriate case planning, re-entry efforts for long term individuals, and implementing evidence-based practices within IDOC policies.  She assisted in creating the IDOC Medicaid Processing Unit to ensure all releasing individuals have access to health care coverage upon release.  Maranda led efforts as the Director of Transitional Healthcare to establish the first Transitional Healthcare team within a prison system focusing on the prevention of justice responses to social determinants of health for incarcerated and paroled individuals. Working with multiple state agencies, Maranda implemented policies ensuring incarcerated individuals had access to resources upon their transition into the community. She supervised the operations of the mom and baby nursery at the Indiana Women’s Prison redesigning policies making it the largest prison nursery in the country. She focused efforts on improving maternal healthcare outcomes for pregnant women entering and exiting IDOC. Maranda holds a bachelor’s degree from Ball State University in Criminal Justice and a master’s degree from Indiana State University in Criminal Justice with an emphasis on corrections.