The Iowa Department of Corrections says it is redesignating Anamosa State Penitentiary to strictly medium security.In 2021, two staff members died after an assault at the penitentiary.Its current ...

From 2021: Review ordered after Anamosa killings finds Iowa prisons have staffing, security shortcomings The change also follows several years in which the state has struggled to find adequate ...

Current maximum security inmates will be moved to the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. The Anamosa State Penitentiary has been a medium/maxium security prison.

Data from the department, however, showed that the state’s prison system Tuesday was over capacity by nearly 13.7 percent — that there were 7,946 inmates Tuesday but capacity for 6,990.

The families of McFarland and Schulte have sued the state, alleging the pair were left vulnerable by lapses in security at the prison. The state's oldest, it opened in 1875. Other guards have been ...

The Iowa Department of Corrections announced Monday the appointment of Mark C. Foreman as warden of Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. “I am committed to providing safe, secure, and ...

Tucked away five miles south of Newton, Iowa, Newton Correctional Facility holds 938 low- and medium-security inmates. The facility is also the site of Homes for Iowa, a nonprofit organization that ...