Iowa State Penitentiary on restricted movement following yard incident

NIT Publisher
July 1, 2017
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FORT MADISON, IOWA – Iowa State Penitentiary was placed on restricted movement Saturday, July 1st 2017 after an incident involving multiple offenders on the yard. Staff responded swiftly and gained immediate control of the situation. While responding to the incident there were no noted injuries to staff.

Only minor injuries to offenders were reported, and no weapons were known to be involved.

The visiting room will be closed until further notice.

This incident remains under investigation and no further information is available at this time.