DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Democrat Michael Blouin called Monday for the construction of a new maximum-security prison to replace the aging Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison.

A guard tower at the new Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison on Friday, Apr. 10, 2015. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread.

The Lee County (Iowa) Sheriff's Department helped apprehend a prison escapee about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. According to Iowa Department of Corrections officials, Lee County deputies and the Iowa State ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Corrections has appointed Mark C. Foreman as the new warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Foreman has over 30 years of experience in ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa — A Corrections Department spokesman said a break-in at a prison construction site in Fort Madison resulted in the theft of computers and software that detail facility drawings.

The total number of inmates housed in Iowa’s nine prisons in Anamosa, Clarinda, Fort Dodge, Mitchellville, Oakdale, Fort Madison, Mount Pleasant, Newton and Rockwell City stood at 8,473 when the ...

JAMES Q. LYNCH Journal Des Moines Bureau Feb 19, 2015 Feb 19, 2015Updated May 14, 2015 0 ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) _ The next prisoner scheduled for execution by the federal government is getting far more attention than the last one _ a convicted murderer who was quietly hanged 38 years ago ...