Dr. Deanna Dwenger

Chief Behavioral Health Advisor - Elevatus Architecture

Dr. Deanna Dwenger knows what it’s like to walk the tiers. She spent over a decade inside the Indiana Department of Correction, from serving as a prison psychologist to leading the state’s most acute mental health unit, and ultimately directing behavioral health for all Indiana prisons. She’s worked alongside custody staff, written policies that changed operations, and testified in courtrooms and legislatures. Today, as Chief Behavioral Health Advisor at Elevatus Architecture, she helps sheriffs and correctional leaders design facilities that support safety, wellbeing, and rehabilitation—because she’s seen firsthand how the right environment can change lives on both sides of the bars.

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