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ANAMOSA Two months after the violent deaths of a pair prison employees, Iowa s newly hired prison security czar has walked into a system that s still reeling in the aftermath.
Since the killings, allegedly by two prisoners in a botched escape attempt, staff at Iowa prisons twice have been assaulted by inmates; a prisoner died by suicide under supposedly close supervision; a search turned up caches of bomb-making materials; and prison programs remain shuttered for security reasons. There also are four ongoing investigations into the circumstances surrounding the slayings.
Even so, Brian Foster, the new director of institution security, is taking time to acquaint himself with the details of Iowa s prisons before taking decisive action, he told the Des Moines Register in his first public comments.
State police investigating bomb-making materials found at Iowa s Anamosa prison, where staff were killed in March Daniel Lathrop, Des Moines Register
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On Friday, correctional officers and state police found an undisclosed quantity of a substance that could be used to make a bomb at the Anamosa State Penitentiary, according to a Saturday statement from the Department of Corrections given to the Des Moines Register. At this time, it is not believed that there is a danger to the public or the prison, the statement, provided in response to Register questions, said.