Luster Heights Prison Farm

Luster Heights Prison Farm is a satellite facility of Anamosa State Penitentiary operated by the Iowa Department of Corrections. It is located in the Yellow River State Forest near Harpers Ferry in Allamakee County. The minimum-security facility houses approximately 60 male inmates, with a capacity of 88.

The inmates do work for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in maintaining the state forest. In particular, they work at a DNR-owned sawmill where 150,000 board feet (350 m³) of lumber are annually processed.

In 2006, the Animal Welfare Foundation of Iowa started a program at the facility for inmates to train stray dogs for later adoption .

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* [http://www.doc.state.ia.us/InstitutionDesc.asp Iowa Department of Corrections]
* [http://www.doc.state.ia.us/DailyStats.asp Daily prisoner counts]
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* [http://www.iowadnr.com/forestry/yellowriver.html Yellow River State Forest]
* [http://www.iowadnr.com/forestry/forests.html Sawmill]
* [http://www.wesavepets.org/adoptablepets/prisondogs.html Prison dog adoption program]
* [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=15&X=809&Y=5972&W=1&qs=481+Luster+Heights+Road%7cHarpers+Ferry%7cIowa%7c&Addr=481+Luster+Heights+Rd%2c+Harpers+Ferry%2c+IA+52146-7515&ALon=-91.1985740&ALat=43.1380780 Terraserver map]
* [http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lon=-91.1856&lat=43.1389 TopoQuest topographic map]