The director of one of Iowa’s prisons has been promoted. The head of the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility, Ken Burger, has been named the new warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Burger replaces John Mathes who announced he was retiring in November. Burger was one of five finalists for the job, and has been at Mt. Pleasant since 1999.
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