For years, the Iowa Department of Corrections has been asking lawmakers for funding to install air conditioning at the ...

MARSHALLTOWN. MARCUS MCINTOSH KCCI EIGHT NEWS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. IOWA PRISONS EXPECT MORE INMATES AFTER GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SIGNED A NEW LAW CREATING A POINT SYSTEM FOR REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS.

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 ...

An Iowa prisoner who waited months to have a knee injury treated should receive $160,000 in compensation from the state, a federal jury ruled. Travis Dantzler injured his right knee in February 2020 ...

On an early spring afternoon, a totem pole with newly attached wings stood tall greeting every person who enters the Cedar Creek Corrections Center.

Attorney General Brenna Bird on Friday applauded a unanimous Iowa Supreme Court decision upholding a state law that bans porn ...

A panel of experts and advocates gathered at the nation’s oldest penitentiary to discuss the history of incarceration and the realities of prison for women today. A panel of prison experts and ...

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UPDATE: Visitations are allowed once again at all prisons in the state except for where the incident described below occurred. The Colorado Department of Corrections suspended visitations at all ...

PARAMUS, New Jersey (WABC) -- A deer fell from a New Jersey overpass on Tuesday night, striking a vehicle and trapping a woman inside her car. The 44-year-old woman was driving northbound in the right ...