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Anamosa charges spur calls for tighter prison security
By desmoinesregister.com- Grant Rodgers
Published: 10/07/2015

Iowa prison officials are considering technology upgrades to make it easier to catch employees who might illegally smuggle contraband after a former Anamosa State Penitentiary guard was caught bringing in cellphones for inmates, Iowa's Department of Corrections director said Tuesday.

Director Jerry Bartruff and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa Kevin Techau announced criminal charges against four former Anamosa guards stemming from an investigation that began after a cellphone was found on a guard in a restricted area of the prison in late 2014.

Investigators found that former guard Garrett Barton, 29, received cash to smuggle cellphones into the prison for inmates' use, as well as evidence that he sold and traded illegal drugs with co-workers. Barton is expected to plead guilty at a hearing on Oct. 13 to federal charges of extortion and being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm.

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