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| Women's Prison Breaks Ground |
| By desmoinesregister.com |
| Published: 07/16/2010 |
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Mitchellville, Ia. - Ground was broken Thursday on a $68 million project to modernize the Mitchellville state women's prison, which has been overcrowded and short of resources for decades, state officials said. "We have been long overlooked. Women have long taken the leftovers from the state," said Patti Wachtendorf, warden of the Mitchellville prison, which is officially known as the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women. She vowed the new prison will be the best in the nation for rehabilitating female inmates. Wachtendorf and other dignitaries, including Gov. Chet Culver, spoke to about 150 people at a ceremony held under sunny skies just outside the prison fence. They described it as a historic day and said the project will help spur the state's economy by employing about 350 Iowa construction workers. Read More. |
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