Sheriff Dwayne Carey and other community leaders are starting the planning process for a potential new Boone County jail. Although the plan for the new jail is still in the early stages, Carey hopes ...

Jail officials say they're sending about 75 inmates to jails in other counties each day. Boone County Jail is currently over capacity. Officials say as of Wednesday, January 22, the jail had 289 ...

A new report from the Iowa ombudsman accuses two jails of using restraint chairs to confine inmates for long periods, sometimes for punishment. The Iowa Office of Ombudsman investigated four inmate ...

The Boone County Jail is housing more and more offenders, prompting Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey to seek an adjustment to a county sales tax to raise revenue for a new jail building. The Boone ...

Boone County Jail is currently over capacity. Officials say as of Wednesday, the jail had 289 inmates on its books — and it’s paying for 75 inmates to be housed in other counties. Built in 1991, jail ...