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| Prison problems pile up in Iowa |
| By qctimes.com |
| Published: 07/15/2015 |
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Iowa Department of Corrections issued a 35-point “corrective action memo” following the 2005 escape of two convicted murderers from the state penitentiary in Fort Madison. More razor wire. More lighting. “Back to basics” security training. Etc., etc. Twenty-five-year-old Justin Kestner didn’t read that memo. It was written five years before the convicted Iowa thief began his 10-year term at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Turns out, he didn’t need to. Kestner’s escape plan was no more sophisticated than a middling TV script. On July 5, he squeezed through a plumbing tunnel to the roof, then shimmied down sheets he’d tied together into a 67-foot escape rope. Illinois authorities captured Kestner hours later near Geneseo. He was conveniently wearing a black and gold University of Iowa shirt when collared in Illini country. Read More. |
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