Fact Check: Do Sand claims on Iowa prison funding hold up
The Gazette Fact Checker analyzes Rob Sand's tweets about Iowa Department of Corrections spending after the Anamosa murders. It tallies staff assaults with hospital treatment at 27 of 42 incidents since 2017 and notes budget changes, OSHA citations, staffing concerns, and a $20 million funding increase approved by the Legislature, rating parts of the claim A and others D or B.
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Inmate seeks speedy trial and venue change in Anamosa killings
Dutcher asks for a speedy trial and motion to move his case from Jones County. Judge Hoover to consider Linn County as a venue with Woodard's trial already set for June 22, both inmates charged with first degree murder and other counts in the Anamosa State Penitentiary killings of officer Robert McFarland and nurse Lorena Schulte.
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