Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) Secretary Jeff Zmuda has announced that Colin Holthaus has been selected to serve as the director of Kansas Correctional Industries (KCI). Holthaus begins his new role on March 16.
Holthaus has previously held positions at the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers, BNSF Railway and Frito-Lay. He received his bachelor of science degree in technology in 2004 at Pittsburg State University, completed his master of business administration in 2009 at Friends University in Wichita, and in 2013, Holthaus completed his juris doctorate at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka.
Created in 1957, KCI employs more than 1,000 inmates in a combination of traditional and private-sector jobs. Those jobs consist of both high- and low-skilled opportunities, providing many inmates with highly marketable job skills upon release from prison.