New warden at State Penitentiary in Fort Madison started as a corrections officer

A woman who started her career as corrections officer and worked her way up through the ranks is the new warden at the state’s maximum-security prison. Janie Mendez has been in the top job at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison for around one month.  Mendez says moving through the correctional system helped prepare […]

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