|
|
| Newton prison to house 200 sex offenders for treatment |
| By desmoinesregister.com- William Petroski |
| Published: 10/15/2015 |
|
Iowa Department of Corrections officials plan to move the state’s sex offender treatment program, which serves about 200 inmates with criminal histories of sex crimes, to the Newton Correctional Facility. State Corrections Director Jerry Bartruff confirmed this week to the Des Moines Register that a decision has been made to shift the program to Newton from the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility, where it has operated for decades. The treatment is provided to inmates with backgrounds of crimes ranging from rape to child molestation. The program's impending move is news to local officials in Newton — about 35 miles east of Des Moines — who say they haven’t received any advance notice about the changes. “This is the first I have heard about it. This is going to catch people by surprise, quite frankly,” said state Rep. Dan Kelley, D-Newton. Read More. |
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
Comments:
No comments have been posted for this article.
Login to let us know what you think