Iowa House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a "tough on crime" legislative package that would impose a mandatory 20-year ...

NOT APPEAR TO INVOLVE FOUL PLAY. IN SOUTHEAST IOWA, DEPUTIES SAY AN INMATE TRIED TO ESCAPE BY CRAWLING THROUGH THE CEILING OF HER JAIL CELL. THE WAPELLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 21 YEAR OLD MORGAN ...

Inmates at a North Central Iowa correctional facility are gaining valuable experience while enriching the lives of dogs.

JASPER COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - An Iowa inmate died just hours after being taken into custody Monday. At approximately 12:10 a.m. Tuesday, the Jasper County Jail requested medical care for an inmate who ...

Two staff members at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison were injured last week when they were assaulted by inmates, according to a spokesperson for the Iowa Department of Corrections.

Inmates assaulted two staff members at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison Wednesday, the Iowa Department of ...

An Iowa inmate has died due to complications from COPD and lymphoma. Roland Ray Fulton was serving a 25-year sentence for two counts of second-degree sex abuse in Buchanan County. He had only been in ...

The Iowa Board of Nursing has suspended the license of a prison nurse accused of failing to properly assess a patient with critically low oxygen levels.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Officials say an armed Nebraska inmate who escaped in a government vehicle transporting him has been captured in western Iowa. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office ...