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Iowa Prison Industries: Inmates Work, Earn, and Learn
Iowa Prison Industries employs 231 inmates in Fort Madison Mitchellville and Anamosa, making wood furniture office chairs locks and Braille products for private firms. Inmates earn up to 12 dollars an hour, fund room and board, and gain vocational skills while programs expand to mattresses and farm produce.
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Watson Powell Jr
Des Moines
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Mitchellville
Fairfax
Prison Industries
Becky Munoz
Iowa State Penitentiary
Amanda Wardlow
Omaha
Neb
Iowa Correctional Institute For Women
Rhonda Sturtz
Anamosa State Penitentiary
Sturtz
Library of Congress
Tom Stelzer
Garth Anderson
Davenport
Anderson
T.J. Harrington
Iowa
Baysden
Misty Harbor
Fort Dodge
Altoona
Heartland Communications
Rockwell City
Iowa Prison Industries
Work Force of
Department of Justice
Mark Smith
Iowa Federation of Labor
Smith
Glary
Iowa Correctional Institution For Women
Andrea Blackcloud
Cedar Rapids
Terri Vitiritto
Labor Institute For Work Force Development
Blackcloud
Jim Slosiarek
Kraig Behning
Dubuque
Anamosa Sate
Behning
Cascade