House Republicans are preparing a budget plan that would provide nearly 20-and-a-half million more dollars to the Department of Corrections. Representative Ross Wilburn, a Democrat from Ames, says 20 million seems like a lot, but it doesn’t adequately address the security situation exposed by the attacks and killings recently at Anamosa.

Republican Representative Gary Worthan of Storm Lake defends the plan, adding there is no way to eliminate 100 percent of the risk of working in a prison.