Iowa Cells - from our story 'Death Row Stories: Life In The Iowa State Penitentiary At Fort Madison (1956)'

circa 1955: A prison warder delivering the weekly issue of matches to cells inside one of Iowa's four prison cell houses, islands of steel and concrete set in huge buildings with walls up to 8ft thick. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

circa 1955: A prison warder delivering the weekly issue of matches to cells inside one of Iowa's four prison cell houses, islands of steel and concrete set in huge buildings with walls up to 8ft thick. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

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