Prison-manufactured items sold across Iowa calls to question ethics of prison labor - The Daily Iowan

Prison-manufactured items sold across Iowa calls to question ethics of prison labor - The Daily Iowan

Tucked away five miles south of Newton, Iowa, Newton Correctional Facility holds 938 low- and medium-security inmates. The facility is also the site of Homes for Iowa, a nonprofit organization that trains incarcerated individuals in home-building trades such as drywall, electric, plumbing, and framing to build affordable homes for Iowans and to reduce recidivism rates,...