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The Purpose of Prisons: Where Iowa Fits In

By Katherine Perkins
Published June 24, 2013 at 3:33 PM CDT
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Why do we have prisons?  Are they for retribution or rehabilitation or protection? Also, what are the strengths and weaknesses of Iowa's corrections system? Sarah McCammon steps in for Ben Kieffer to look at how prisons in Iowa stake up against prisons nationwide. 

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Katherine Perkins
Katherine Perkins is IPR's Executive Producer of Talk Shows and Program Director for News/Talk. Since 2014, Perkins has managed the broadcast schedule and sound of the news and information service of Iowa Public Radio, as well as has directed the long-term planning and oversight for IPR's talk shows, <i>Talk of Iowa</i> and <i>River to River</i>. Perkins has a masters degree from Sangamon State University (now the University of Illinois – Springfield).
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