MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is promoting a deputy secretary at the embattled Wisconsin Department of Corrections to be the new leader of the state’s prison system.
Evers announced Friday that Jared Hoy will take over from Kevin Carr, who retired in March. Wisconsin’s prisons have been plagued by overcrowding, understaffing, lawsuits and calls to close a 126-year-old maximum security prison.
Evers appointed Carr to lead the department at the beginning of his first term in 2019. Evers says Hoy has 20 years of experience in corrections roles in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He has been deputy secretary in Wisconsin since 2021.