MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new superintendent at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison that Gov. Scott Walker wants to convert to an adult facility has been hired. The state Department of Corrections announced Thursday that 24-year agency veteran Jason Benzel has been hired. He will begin the job on Jan. 22. The post had been vacant since the previous superintendent Wendy Peterson resigned in August. Benzel becomes the fourth leader at the Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake prisons in just over two years.
