HABHAB, Justice.
On September 2, 1981, a major riot and uprising occurred at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Inmates seized prison employees as hostages and did a great deal of property damage.
Inmate Everett Wagner was identified as one of the leaders in the forced detention of prison employees. After the riot had been quelled, Wagner was charged with seven counts of kidnapping in the second degree and one count of insurrection. In January 1985...
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