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

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

Neither the Cerro Gordo sheriff nor the interim Mason City police chief have any clue what the ICE agents were planning ...

Former prisoners say jail fees they illegally “confessed” to owing were frivolously used by the Iowa sheriff for such things ...

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 ...

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 ...

Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation to keep offenders behind bars longer and expand Iowa's sex offender registry, ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – An Iowa woman accused of having sex with an inmate at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester has been ...

Polk County is facing more lawsuits brought by individuals detained in jail by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.