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The Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) is an Iowa Department of Corrections maximum security prison for men located in the Lee County, Iowa, community of Fort Madison. This facility should not be confused with the Historical Iowa State Penitentiary , which was shut down in 2015 [ 1 ] after being open for 175 years. [ 2 ]
The Anamosa State Penitentiary Museum is located just outside the penitentiary's walls in a stone building that was formerly a barn and then a cheese-making facility for the prison. Exhibits include the history of the prison, the role of prison guards and the construction of the buildings. The museum is open seasonally and features a gift shop.
The Iowa Department of Corrections operates nine adult facilities through the state. Iowa does not contract with private prisons. [2] Iowa Correctional Institution for Women. Anamosa State Penitentiary - Anamosa; Clarinda Correctional Facility - Clarinda; Fort Dodge Correctional Facility - Fort Dodge; Iowa Correctional Institution for Women ...
AFSCME Council 61 says recent assaults on correctional officers in Fort Madison indicate the need to restore collective bargaining rights.
The sentence for Kyle Young was the fourth-longest among more than 260 handed down so far, according to prosecutors
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Iowa from 1834 to 1963. Capital punishment was abolished in Iowa in 1965. [1] 45 people were executed in Iowa from 1834-1963, all by hanging. [2] In 2020, a man from Iowa, Dustin Lee Honken, was federally executed at USP Terre Haute by lethal injection. [3]
Before the day of the riot, there were the days and weeks leading up the riot — a volatile time filled with rumors, violence and red flags. More: Ceremony honors those who died in 1978 Pontiac ...
1967 – 1967 Waterloo riots, July 8–9, Waterloo, Iowa, riots started after a young African-American man was arrested for assault and battery of an elderly white man sweeping the sidewalk in front of his business. [23] 1967 – 1967 Kansas City riot, July 9, Kansas City, Missouri, 1 person was injured and 11 arrested. [19]