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Inside the Anamosa State Penitentiary, correctional officers and staff are in constant danger: from blind corners, to outdated equipment, to overstretched staff.
That s what seven of the Iowa Legislature s Democrats said Friday after a two-hour tour of the prison and a private meeting with staff. The group held a news conference outside Anamosa after its tour, which was prompted by last month s killing of two prison employees in what authorities say was a failed inmate escape attempt by two inmates. 
I am beside myself when I go into a cell block that has 300 offenders in it and two prison guards, said Rep. Marti Anderson, D-Des Moines. I m beside myself with that. That has to change. ....

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