But the 13-acre, 146-year-old maximum security prison is so thinly staffed that there are often no guards available to float between units in case of trouble, Baker said.
During the day, Anamosa s prison yard holds hundreds of men, sent to prison because of the severity of their crimes or their predicted propensity for violence.
Yet many days that yard is guarded only from above, by armed officers in security towers. Often, Baker said, there just aren t enough correctional officers available to conduct patrols.
On March 23 something happened that workers there had dreaded for years: A correctional officer, Robert McFarland, and a nurse in the prison infirmary, Lorena Schulte, came to work that day but never went home.
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