The law increases the time repeat offenders will spend behind bars — at a cost.

IOWA— Iowa’s “Three Strikes” law (House File 2542) is now in effect, requiring habitual offenders convicted of three ...

The Iowa Department of Corrections projects that accommodating the recently enacted "three strikes" legislation will require ...

Repeat felony offenders in Iowa will face steeper sentences under a pared-down "three strikes" law that passed the Legislature and is awaiting Gov. Kim Reynolds' signature. Lawmakers worked over the ...

Habitual offenders will now have to answer to the “three-strikes” law as House File 2542 goes into effect today. Signed into ...

Anyone convicted of a third felony in Iowa will spend a minimum of seven years behind bars under a law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Reynolds signed House File 2542 on Tuesday, June 2, in a ceremony in ...

The new Iowa law went into effect Wednesday. It increases the time repeat offenders will spend behind bars — at a cost.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a "three strikes" law that requires a seven-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for a person's third felony conviction. The Legislative Services Agency estimates the law ...