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Cooper, Dana Marie

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Profile written May 6, 2026

Current Position Correctional Superintendent
Salary $50,619 2022 · state payroll
Deaths Under Their Watch 12 during their tenure

This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.

GPS records show no deaths attributed to facility-leader tenures held by Cooper, Dana Marie. Their career history is documented in the Positions table below.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.

Positions Held

TitleFacilityTenure
CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT2021-01-01 → 2022-12-31
SuperintendentHELMS FACILITY2020-07-01 → 2022-06-30
CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31

Deaths attributed during tenure

12 people died at facilities under Cooper, Dana Marie's leadership.

DateDecedentAgeFacilityRole at time
2022-06-26WALTON JEROME THOMAS56HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2022-02-25KENNETH CLYDE65HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2022-01-26MITCHELL LEBRON DUNN60HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2021-11-10FRANKLIN ODELL CANTRELL64HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2021-11-04CALVIN LOVE57HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2021-11-01TERRY MICHAEL SYKES60HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2021-10-24BRYAN KEITH MIMS48HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2021-10-14SHIRLEY LYONS63HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2021-06-06JERRY WAYNE KUNSTBECK59HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2021-05-28RICHARD TIMOTHY CASPER53HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2021-04-18THOMAS LARRY PYBURN66HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent
2020-10-19EDDIE JERRY FORTNER61HELMS FACILITYSuperintendent

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