Articles Tagged: Anamosa State Penitentiary

Attack reported at Anamosa Penitentiary

Authorities interview “inmates suspected of planning to use an explosive device,” Corrections Department says

The Iowa Department of Corrections is seeking an outside vendor to review all parts of the prison system, from staffing and inmate classification to the safety of buildings where more than 8,000 offenders are housed.

ANAMOSA — The two inmates accused of bludgeoning an Anamosa prison officer and a registered nurse will be tried separately …

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Testing on a cap worn by the perpetrator of a homicide 45 years ago has failed to exonerate a prisoner who maintains his innocence, the latest setback for lawyers hoping to prove Iowa’s first wrongful conviction based on DNA.

Trial has been set for two prison inmates accused of using a hammer to kill a prison nurse and correctional officer during an escape attempt last month from the Anamosa State Penitentiary.

Attack comes a month after deadly incident

‘I am beside myself when I go in a cellblock that has 300 offenders and two prison guards’

Iowa OSHA violations, understaffing preceded murders of correctional officer and nurse

Gov. Kim Reynolds has vowed to conduct internal and external investigations into the deaths of two Anamosa Penitentiary employees killed …

’People died, I believe, potentially because radio systems did not work’

DES MOINES — The blame game over the deaths of two prison staff members continued Thursday with legislative leaders of …

By James Q. Lynch, Gazette Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES — The deaths of two Anamosa State Penitentiary staff members …

Newly created position will focus on security at all state prisons, Gov. Kim Reynolds says.