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IA: $130 Bond for IA State Penitentiary

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

From The Hawk Eye Newspaper House votes for prison funding Other infrastructure needs also addressed. By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES With House passage of the state's infrastructure bill Friday night, southeast Iowa is one step closer to getting a new prison in Fort Madison. The Iowa House narrowly voted to approve the measure, which gives the state the ability to bond $130 million for the Iowa State Penitentiary building. The bill passed with 52 votes in favor of it and 43 against. While Rep. Christopher Rants, R-Sioux City, said he expected discussion on whether the new prison facility should be built in Fort Madison, no representative introduced such an amendment. Rants, however, did propose an amendment that would not bond for the new facility -- which would obligate the state until 2027 -- but rather adopt a pay-as-you-go method...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 28, 2008 (boomark / email).