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Gov. signs off on new prison
By Associated Press
Published: 05/12/2008

IOWA - Gov. Chet Culver traveled to one of the nation's oldest prisons Friday to sign into a law a measure setting aside more than $200 million for renovations to Iowa's jammed and aging prisons.

The measure includes $130 million to replace the maximum-security Iowa State Penitentiary, the oldest prison west of the Mississippi River with sections dating to 1839. Read more.

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