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Iowa board approves upgrade plan
By The Associated Press
Published: 09/18/2007

IOWA - The state Board of Corrections endorsed a plan Monday to spend $290 million to upgrade Iowa's prison system, including replacing the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison and the women's prison in Mitchellville.

State officials had debated for nearly two years whether to renovate or replace the aging penitentiary, which came under scrutiny when two inmates escaped over its walls in November 2005. "The time has come to invest in some infrastructure," said John Baldwin, director of the state Department of Corrections. Read more.

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