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

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

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

A single mother of two received the keys to her first home Tuesday as part of a statewide program that provides affordable housing while offering job training to incarcerated inmates.

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 ...

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 ...

So far, the North Central Correctional Facility has 10 inmates in the dog training program, but the group is looking to ...

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

DES MOINES (AP) — An Iowa inmate is back in custody after an unexcused absence from a state work release facility in Waterloo. Iowa Corrections Department spokesman Fred Scaletta said Tuesday that ...