Weitzell appointed superintendent of Clarinda prison/Mental Health Institute
Kris Weitzell, a veteran Iowa prison administrator, has been appointed as superintendent of the Clarinda Treatment Complex, which includes a state prison and mental health institute. The appointment was jointly announced by Iowa Corrections Director John Baldwin and by Department of Human Services Director Chuck Palmer.
She succeeds longtime Clarinda Superintendent Mark Lund, who retired in January. Weitzell has worked in the Department of Corrections since 1982, starting as a correctional officer at Mitchellville. She served as deputy warden at Newton and has overseen prison operations in western Iowa. She became acting deputy superintendent at Clarinda in September 2013
Weitzell has a bachelor's degree in sociology from Iowa State University and a master's degree in public administration from Drake University.