In a little over two years before that, from Nov. 29, 2016, to March 22, 2019, it reported one instance of an inmate assaulting staff at Anamosa State Penitentiary.

More: Photos: Anamosa State Penitentiary. Perhaps realizing he had been caught, or that his attempt would fail, Dutcher fled the scene and was seen by prison staff running through the hall, ...

The Iowa Department of Corrections says it is redesignating Anamosa State Penitentiary to strictly medium security.In 2021, two staff members died after an assault at the penitentiary.Its current ...

ANAMOSA, Iowa (KCRG) - An Anamosa State Penitentiary correctional officer is recovering after being attacked by an inmate on Thursday. In a press release, the Iowa Department of Corrections said ...

The Iowa Department of Corrections confirmed two staff death Tuesday following an assault at Anamosa State Penitentiary.According to a news release, multiple staff members at the penitentiary were ...

The Anamosa State Penitentiary is a medium-custody correctional facility. Our mission is to create opportunities for safer communities. We can obtain our mission by working with and educating the ...

Anamosa State Penitentiary on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. (Liz Martin/The Gazette) The Anamosa State Penitentiary along the Grant Wood Scenic Byway on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017.

The assault at Anamosa comes a little over a month after another officer was assaulted, and four months after, authorities say, two inmates attempting to escape March 23 from the ...

The Anamosa State Penitentiary has been a medium/maxium security prison. The department cited a sharp decrease in its prison population over the past several years.

A nurse and a correctional officer at the Anamosa State Penitentiary were killed Tuesday morning in what is believed to be the first fatal assault by an inmate in decades, officials said.

Anamosa State Penitentiary is a maximum- and medium-security prison with about 950 male inmates and 321 staff, according to its website. Its 2019 annual report listed an average daily population ...

ANAMOSA, Iowa — Anamosa State Penitentiary announced that a correctional was assaulted by an inmate during a disciplinary meeting on Wednesday, June 2. At about 9:09 a.m., an officer was ...