 Map of Iowa correctional institutions. The Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) is a maximum security prison for men located in the Lee County, Iowa community of Fort Madison. In Iowa the prison is known colloqually as Fort Madison and is usually referred to as such by people in the state. The Iowa State Penitentiary is Iowa's only maximum security institution, and used to house violent and repeat male prisoners. This is a map of the various correctional institutions and the judicial districts of the state of Iowa. ...
This is a map of the various correctional institutions and the judicial districts of the state of Iowa. ...
Lee County is a county located in the state of Iowa. ...
Fort Madison, situated on the Mississippi River, is a city and the county seat of Lee County, Iowa. ...
ISP is part of a larger correctional complex. The ISP itself is a 550 person maximum security unit. Also on the complex is a John Bennett Correctional Center - a 169 person medium security unit. Two minimum security farms with about 170 people are located within a few miles of the main complex. The complex also has a ten person multiple care unit, and a 120 bed special needs unit for prisoners with mental illness or other diseases that require special medical care. In total there are currently about 950 inmates and 510 staff members. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The prison offers adult basic, general, and special education services. The prison offers vocational training in upholstering, commercial cooking, automobile repair, printing, and machining. Prisoners also provide labor for large crop, cattle, and swine farms. For those with drug or alcohol problems a six month substance abuse program is offered. Alcoholics Anonymous also operates at the complex.
History
The prison was established in 1839, one year after Iowa became a territory, and seven years before it became a state in 1846. ISP was patterned after the penitentiary in Auburn, New York. In 1982 the prison was remodeled, and unitization was introduced at ISP. The unitization divided the large cell blocks into smaller units that were easier to manage. 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
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A prison is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of liberties. ...
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Before the abolition of capital punishment in Iowa, executions were performed at Fort Madison. An interesting note in the history of the prison was the execution of Victor Feguer. Feguer was a drifter who had murdered Dubuque doctor Edward Bartels. After appeals that even went as far as President John F. Kennedy were denied, Feguer was executed by hanging on March 15, 1963. Feguer was the last inmate in the Federal prison system to be put to death for nearly 40 years until the execution of Timothy McVeigh at the Terre Haute, Indiana Federal Prison in 2002. Feguer also became the last person in Iowa to be executed, soon after his death Iowa abolished the death penalty. While Feguer's death attracted little attention at the time, the execution of McVeigh attracted renewed interest in the Feguer execution. Victor Feguer was the last Federal inmate before Timothy McVeigh to be executed, and the last person put to death in the state of Iowa. ...
Downtown Dubuque and the Riverfront Dubuque is a city located in Dubuque County, Iowa. ...
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Timothy McVeigh Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001), considered by the FBI an American domestic terrorist, was executed for his part in the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing. ...
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State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack (D) Senators Chuck Grassley (R) Tom Harkin (D) Official languages English Area 145,743 km² (26th) - Land 144,701 km² - Water 1,042 km² (0. ...
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