Clarinda

It would not matter, he said, if he were speaking in Clarinda, Iowa — a city of 5,300 — or West Des Moines, a city of 70,000.

Axios Des Moines first reported that Tipton had been freed from the state prison in Clarinda.

The prison system spokesman also denied a request to talk with Tipton at the state medium security prison for men in Clarinda.

Eddie Tipton filed documents starting the lawsuit from prison in Clarinda, Iowa, in January 2020.

The process can be long and costly: the department was recently ordered to reinstate and shell out $195,000 in back pay to a Clarinda prison employee who the board ruled was wrongly terminated in 2017.