by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 13, 2021 | News, Politics & Government
State prison officials are disputing an OSHA report that cited deficiencies in the radio communications system for staff at the Anamosa State Penitentiary. The report from the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration was issued eight months before a...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 12, 2021 | News, Politics & Government
Safety inspectors discovered the radio system employees inside the Anamosa State Penitentiary used to communicate was malfunctioning more than a year before the inmate attacks that killed two Anamosa employees. KCRG TV was first to obtain the report Iowa’s...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 8, 2021 | News, Politics & Government
A new security director will be installed in the Iowa Department of Corrections in response to the March 23 attack by two inmates at the Anamosa State Penitentiary that killed two staff members. In addition to the internal investigation underway, Governor Kim Reynolds...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 6, 2021 | News, Politics & Government
House Republicans are proposing a $20 million increase in the budget for the Iowa Department of Corrections. The president of the union that represents prison employees says it’s not enough to ensure staffing levels inside the state’s prison system are...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 1, 2021 | News, Politics & Government
The president of the union representing employees in Iowa’s correctional system says violence inside the prisons has become commonplace, due to depleted staffing. In a letter to legislative leaders, AFSCME Council 61 president Danny Homan said since a nurse and...