Prison-issue toilet paper may not be Charmin-soft, but Iowa corrections officials believe that processing it behind bars can provide jobs for convicts and save taxpayers money.

Inmates at state prisons in Anamosa and Mitchellville are testing tissue processed at the Cross Roads Correctional Center at Cameron, Mo., part of Missouri's prison system.

Iowa's wardens haven't conducted any squeeze tests, but so far there have been no complaints about the single-ply Missouri product, said Iowa Prison Industries Director Roger Baysden.

He said Iowa inmates could begin processing their own toilet paper next year at the Fort Dodge prison, assuming the Legislature supports the idea when it is presented in January

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