Dr. Thompson is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience assessing and treating mental health and substance use disorders in state and federal prisons. She began her career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 1999, and over the course of her career she coordinated numerous substance use and mental health treatment programs for incarcerated people within institutions of all security levels. She also coordinated reentry treatment programs for individuals transitioning from custody to supervised release. For seven years, Dr. Thompson served as the Chief of Drug Treatment Programs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In this capacity she oversaw administrative and clinical aspects of substance use treatment programs at all of the Bureau’s 122 facilities, including an extensive training program for clinical staff. Dr. Thompson retired from the Bureau of Prisons in 2023.