A nurse and a correctional officer were killed this morning in an assault at the Anamosa State Penitentiary.

Officials with the Iowa Department of Corrections said two staff members are dead after an assault by an inmate at the Anamosa State Penitentiary on Tuesday.

In a news release, officials with the department said the inmate attacked multiple staff members at around 10:15 a.m. in the prison’s infirmary, and a department nurse and a correctional officer died as a result of their injuries.

The department said it is currently working to collect and confirm additional details.

Security staff restrained the inmate. Staff attempted first aid while awaiting paramedics.

https://www.kcrg.com/2021/03/23/two-anamosa-state-penitentiary-staff-dead-after-assault-by-inmate-tuesday/

3/24 Update



Officials with the state of Iowa provided additional information on the killings of two Anamosa State Penitentiary employees, including identifying the people involved.

Lorena Schulte, 50, a registered nurse and employee with the prison since July 2007, and Robert McFarland, a correctional officer with the prison since October 2008, were killed in the incident.

Thomas Woodard, 39, and Michael Dutcher, 28, have been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and one count of second-degree kidnapping.

According to Richard Rahn, the special agent in charge at the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the incident took place at around 10:18 a.m. Woodard and Dutcher were attempting to escape the facility, first by breaking the glass on a window and using a mechanical grinder to try to break the bars blocking the window. They were not successful in their attempts, according to Rahn.

While attempting the escape, Schulte and McFarland, who were present in the break room of the prison’s infirmary, attempted to stop their escape. Rahn said that Schulte and McFarland both received blunt-force trauma to the back of their heads.

Through interviews with the accused, Woodard and Dutcher both admitted to being present in the room at the time of the deaths. Eyewitnesses identified Dutcher as being allegedly involved in killing Schulte. Woodard told investigators that he was involved in the deaths of the two employees, according to officials.

Another inmate, McKinley Roby, was attempting to render aid to the prison employees when he was also struck in the back of the head, according to Rahn. He was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Lorie Matthes, another employee at the facility, also attempted to help the victims, but was grabbed by Dutcher and held against her will. Rahn said that she was told “she would be next” if she did not cooperate.

The two hammers and grinder were acquired by the inmates which were part of a work program inside the facility. They had pretended to need access to the infirmary rooms to repair equipment, according to officials.

The inmates had been planning the attempted escape for a while, rather than it being a spur-of-the-moment idea, according to Rahn.

The investigation into the killings is ongoing.

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There's no reason to keep him alive after that.

The family members should be allowed to carve him up, see how he likes it.

how horrible....it's a nightmare scenario for all of us that work inside the fence

There wasn't a good reason to keep him alive before it either.

Inmates faking the need for medical care is one of the primary ways they conduct assaults on staff and other inmates.

He should have never survived the effort to contain him during the attack, but men aren't allowed to do what needs to be done anymore.

Too many cameras
Too many people you can't trust

This recently happened to a Indiana DOC Lt trying to stop another staff assault.
Give em the needle.

Yup.

Not a big fan of the Quakers in general, but they had incarceration methodology down pat.

IA needs to re-instate the death penalty. Obviously prison isn't fitting for such people, he's "contributed" enough to society...

Chain him to a pillar.  Sell bricks for $100 each to support the victims families.  End drive when only the chains are hanging.

In a time not too far in the  past, he wouldn't have.  It's a great time to be a criminal.

Thoughts out for the victims.

Nothing COC for the inmate.

long drop, sudden stop.

Fuck, I know a couple guys that work there.

Too quick and easy.  Burning people alive in certain situations is necessary and sends a message that bullshit won’t be tolerated.

If you’re in prison already, you’ve received your warning.  Any bullshit and you cook.

Practically every society has tried torturing people to death to gain compliance, yet paradise does not exist.

This wouldn't have happened if they just let him out.

Right. This wasn't OZ.

After watching Sons of Anarchy, I can think of a reason they might keep him alive.

Had an incident at my wife's camp not long ago. One of the Corrections Officers was stabbed multiple times by 6 inmates. Luckily, the officer lived.

I would be ok with that.

Like working around wild animals,if you get comfortable,you could end up dead. Lots of stupidity/carelessness in this incident.

A return to public hangings would remedy much fuckery these days.

Kind of surprised he didn't keep resisting.

Fry him

On another note. Iowa has very cool looking old prisons.

Funny no mention of the offenders name or pic

Fucking trash.

Fair trial and hanging in the prison yard for all inmates to witness.

Was told about an Alaskan prison 50 miles from nowhere.  Anyone act up and he's shoved out the gates at night.  Good luck with the brown bears, wolves or weather.  Generally they pound on the door begging to be admitted.

Should be an automatic ride in the electric chair.

Open cell door
Spray SMG in cell
Close cell door
Come back in few days

Surprised they didn't get the shit beaten out of them

This. Fuck the bleeding hearts and artists.

That was a fucking execution.  Blunt force trauma with hammers to the back of the head.

I cannot understand why we kill unborn babies, but they fight to keep these pos alive.