ISP brings microgreens to prison greenhouse
Submitted article FORT MADISON – A random trip to a St Louis Farmer’s Market resulted…
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ISP staff makes local holiday donations
SUBMITTED ARTICLE FORT MADISON – Iowa State Penitentiary staff are in the holiday spirit this…
Three staff, one offender hurt in assault at ISP
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Three staff members were assaulted while on duty at…
New warden touts community, safety, and staff
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After just three weeks in his new office,…
ISP hands out $10K in scholarships
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Iowa State Penitentiary hosts various fundraisers to raise money for…
Crime lab can’t identify substance that sickened ISP staffer
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Authorities haven’t nailed down what substance was allegedly…
State prison officials still waiting on substance test
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – State Department of Corrections officials are still waiting…
State now shopping former ISP property
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – State officials are now shopping the former Iowa…
The dog “nose” at state K9 detection trials
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The John Bennett Center at the old…
ISP inmate sets cell on fire, assaults staff
PCC STAFFFORT MADISON – A correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary at…
Veterans Behind Bars donates to area Christmas charity
Submitted article FORT MADISON –The Vets Behind Bars incarcerated individual organization at Iowa State Penitentiary…
Union official says DOC didn’t give full account of Friday ISP assault
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – An assault on a correctional officer at…
Officer assaulted at ISP Friday morning
FORT MADISON – A correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort…
Iowa State Penitentiary death – Robert James Carter, 73, ISP
(FT. MADISON) – Robert James Carter was pronounced dead at 5:10 p.m. on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at the Ft….
ISP to hold fall historic prison tour
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Iowa State Penitentiary announced Wednesday morning that another tour…
ISP K9 units take top honors
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Recently the K9 unit at Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) participated…
ISP officer taken to hospital after assault
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – According to a release from the Iowa Department of…
Friday Celebration of Life set for Ludwick
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday,…
ISP holding more prison tours in April
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Tickets are once again on sale for the public…
Jail officials looking at new meal vendor
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is looking at…
Offenders chip in with community dinner
Submitted article FORT MADISON – As volunteers from all over Fort Madison start getting ready…
ISP officer back home after Wednesday attack
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – An Iowa State Penitentiary correctional officer injured in an…
Union, ISP officials react to Wednesday morning attack
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The president of the union representing staff…
Correctional officer hospitalized after morning attack
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Iowa State Penitentiary was placed on lockdown/restricted movement Wednesday,…
ISP CERT squad takes 3rd at state competition
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Iowa State Penitentiary’s Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) took…
Documentary to be part of Saturday ISP tour
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Eisentraut Theatres and Humanities Iowa are pleased to announce…
ISP K9s earn honors at regional trial event
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison, IA. Iowa State Penitentiary’s K9 team took…
ISP adds tour dates to help fund federal report
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Iowa State Penitentiary will be hosting additional…
IDOC says Saturday ISP lockdown involved 50 offenders
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A Saturday melee that resulted in a…
ISP, Kensington partner on dementia training
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A local partnership is helping address dementia in offenders at…
McCormick receives Scott Bryant Award from state
BY PCC STAFF Iowa State Penitentiary has participated in the Law Enforcement Torch run for…
Offenders building a life behind the wall
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A group of eight members of the…
Health dept. inks lease deal with DOC
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Details of a lease agreement between the…
Thousands line up for glimpse of prison life
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Throngs of people from all over the…
City officials hope ISP tours boost state’s interest
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – What started as a way to give…
ISP to offer old prison tours May 7
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Warden Patti Wachtendorf is pleased to announce that there…
ISP officials release names of K2 offenders
FORT MADISON – The Iowa State Penitentiary has identified the presence of contraband drugs within…
ISP puts changes in place to combat drug issue
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON –Iowa Department of Corrections officials are changing procedures…
ISP adopts two dogs for prison’s assisted living unit
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Iowa State Penitentiary recently adopted two dogs from PAWS –…
Ambassadors pay visit to new warden
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Club made a trip…
State DOC to close John Bennett amidst budget cuts
UPDATED WITH COMMENTS FROM FORT MADISON MAYOR BRAD RANDOLPH BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT…
ISP, community bid Ludwick adieu – Celebration continues at Atlas at 4 p.m.
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Local community, Iowa State Penitentiary,…
Wardens talk past, future at ISP
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Most young children have dreams…