Iowa prison library strain leaves inmates seeking older books
Budget cuts shrink new book purchases at Iowa facilities. Ron Welder notes the third largest state law library is largely unused for legal texts due to costs, with about 15 inmates daily reading older volumes. Inmates, like John Graves, rely on donated titles and internal discounts while librarians pursue limited new acquisitions.
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Inmate Library Work Benefits Iowa Prisons
Inmates at Iowa facilities work in prison libraries checking out books and aiding staff. Robert Viet, 56, at the Iowa Medical Classification Center, tracks loans and uses the catalog system. Fort Madison inmates at the state penitentiary earn up to 58 cents an hour for library tasks.
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Waterloo
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Cottage Grove Place Expands Health Center For Residents
Cedar Rapids life care retirement community launches a $5 million December expansion of its on site Health Center to be finished in October adding a dining room social events area lounges and a therapy room The project includes memory impairment suites and aims to enhance its life care program managed by Life Care Services LLC Residents will enjoy meals social activities and full service care in one location with housekeeping and maintenance covered.
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Cedar Rapids
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Smith
Life Care Services LLC
Des Moines
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