A Waterloo woman says her son was beaten by staff and denied necessary medical attention while he was serving a sentence in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa Auditor Rob Sand, left, running for Iowa governor, held a roundtable discussion with Todd Copley, AFSCME Council 61 President ...

The Iowa State Penitentiary has a new warden. Janie Mendez has been named as the new warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) by the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC). Mendez brings over 20 ...

Iowa may need to build three new prisons to accommodate a new measure the governor signed into law this week. The law would require a person convicted of a third felony to be sentenced as a habitual ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) — The number of inmates at Iowa’s prisons is expected to surge in the coming years, but prison workers don’t know if they’re ready for the challenge. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed ...

IOWA (ICD) - As summer temperatures rise into the 90s, more than 1,000 Iowa prisoners and correctional officers are sweating it out without air conditioning. Prolonged heat waves behind bars can cause ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A bill awaiting Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature would require people convicted of a third felony in Iowa to serve a mandatory minimum of seven years in prison, a move supporters say ...

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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. On one of the hottest days of the summer, with temperatures in the 90s, Robert Buel, 57, died at the ...

The number of inmates at Iowa’s prisons are expected to surge in the coming years, but prison workers don’t know if they’re ready for the challenge, KCRG reports. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Iowa’s ...