Warden: Prison Name Sends Wrong Message
Posted on: Wednesday, 4 February 2004, 06:00 CST
Warden Dan Benik doesn't want to send mixed messages to inmates with drug problems, so he wants to change the name of a prison set to open soon.
He doesn't like the "high" in Highview Correctional Facility.
Benik is asking the community relations board to come up with three names that can be forwarded to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Gov. Jim Doyle for the prison dedicated to drug and alcohol treatment.
The facility, to be opened in April, is located on the grounds of what used to be the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, where Highview Hall is one of the buildings.
The board will seek opinions from the Chippewa Falls community in coming up with another name.
Mayor Doug Sandvick would like the words Chippewa Falls to be left out of any association with the prison.
"We can name it for LaFayette, though," he joked, noting the fact that Highview sits near the town of LaFayette.
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