Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Exterior of Anamosa State Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison where one wing has air conditioning in cells and one does not.

Eastern Iowa resident Jim Crowley is raising concerns about the lack of air conditioning at Anamosa State Penitentiary, where he said his son, Shawn Crowley, is incarcerated. State records indicate ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Three weeks after two Anamosa State Penitentiary employees were killed on the job, the head ...

ANAMOSA, Iowa (KCRG) - All in-person visits are immediately and indefinitely suspended at the Anamosa State Penitentiary, the facility announced alongside the Iowa Department of Corrections Thursday.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled that the daughter of Lorena Schulte, a nurse killed during an attempted escape at Anamosa State Penitentiary, can continue her lawsuit against the state. The Iowa ...

A lawsuit by the family of a nurse killed during an attempted prison breakout three years ago has been dismissed by the court for the second time. Lorena Schulte worked at Anamosa State Penitentiary, ...

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that the wife of an Anamosa correctional officer who was killed in March 2021 during two inmates’ failed escape attempt can move forward with her gross negligence ...

ANAMOSA, Iowa (KCRG) - A K9 at Anamosa State Penitentiary has been gifted body armor. K9 Bradley received the body armor from Vested Interest in K9s, Inc., a nonprofit that aims to provide bullet and ...

IOWA (ICD) - As summer temperatures rise into the 90s, more than 1,000 Iowa prisoners and correctional officers are sweating it out without air conditioning. Prolonged heat waves behind bars can cause ...

DES MOINES -- Three weeks after two Anamosa State Penitentiary employees were killed on the job, the head of a union representing Iowa’s prison workers made an impassioned plea Wednesday for a state ...