Dr. Jason Dana has been the Chief Psychologist at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Chicago, Illinois, since 2010. He supervises the professional activities of three Forensic Psychologists, a Drug Abuse Treatment Coordinator, and oversees a Pre-Doctoral Externship.

Dr. Dana serves on the Executive Staff at the institution, utilizing his professional expertise to assist the Warden with significant decisions regarding the orderly running of institution. He has also overseen an institution wide Health and Wellness program, promoting healthy living habits and development of self-care programs for staff.

Dr. Dana graduated from Pepperdine University with a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology. He began his career in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), as a Pre-Doctoral Intern at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, California. Upon completion of his internship, Dr. Dana transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution in Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked in the Special Housing Unit with disruptive inmates, provided treatment for chronically mentally ill inmates, conducted crisis intervention services and served as the Mental Health Liaison for the Hostage Negotiation Team.

He promoted to Forensic Studies Unit Psychologist at MCC Chicago in 2002, where he completed more than 400 forensic evaluations for the Federal Court System before being promoted to his current position. He has been an Adjunct Professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology since 2003, teaching forensic assessment, correctional psychology, and violence risk assessment classes.

Jason was born and raised in Los Angeles and stays balanced with a program of high intensity interval training and walking with Erin his wife, Dillon and Sierra his children, and his dogs, Taz and Sammie.