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| Officials begin new prison plan |
| By Chicago Tribune |
| Published: 05/05/2008 |
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IOWA - Iowa corrections officials are beginning to work on a $131 million maximum-security prison project in southeastern Iowa that won't begin housing prisoners until 2014. Corrections staff will begin selecting engineers and architects by November for the $228 million package of prison construction projects that include the 800-bed prison in Fort Madison, said John Baldwin, the department's director. The Iowa Legislature approved the money for the prison projects after a long debate about whether the new prison should remain in Fort Madison. Among the plans approved by lawmakers are an upgrade to the state women's prison at Mitchellville and an easing of prison crowding with room for more offenders in community corrections facilities in Waterloo, Sioux City and Ottumwa. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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