The warden at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility is resigning to take the top post at the men’s reformatory in Anamosa. Jerry Burt was named deputy warden in Fort Dodge in 1997 and was appointed before the first inmates arrived there in 1998. Burt was named warden there in 2002 when the previous warden retired. Burt’s been with Iowa’s Department of Corrections since 1975 and has worked at facilities in Fort Madison, Mount Pleasant and Rockwell City. He takes over in Anamosa on February 15th. A replacement has not been named at Fort Dodge.
