Culver signs bill for prison improvements
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By The Associated Press | Friday, May 09, 2008 |
A patchwork of sandstone block, brick and cement comprise this newest section of the Iowa State Penitentiary wall, completed in 1920. A bill signed today by Gov. Chet Culver includes $130 million to replace the maximum-security prison in Fort Madison. (Kevin E. Schmidt/Quad-City Times) Buy this Photo
FORT MADISON, Iowa — Gov. Chet Culver traveled to Fort Madison to sign into a law a measure setting aside more than $200 million for renovations to Iowa's jammed and aging prisons.
The measure signed by Culver today includes $130 million to replace the maximum-security Iowa State Penitentiary. It's the oldest prison west of the Mississippi River with sections dating to 1839.
Iowa's prisons now hold more than 8,600 inmates, about 16 percent above the design capacity.
Design of the Fort Madison prison is already under way. It will be about a half-mile from the old prison.
Officials haven't decided what to do with the old prison when the new facility is completed.
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