FORT MADISON, Iowa - An inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary has been found guilty in a violent attack on two prison ...

An Iowa inmate serving life in prison for the death of a Des Moines man has died Monday at 47 years old.

The state has agreed to pay $15,000 to a former inmate convicted of more than a dozen felonies after he sued in 2024 for ...

Iowa prisons will change how they test inmates for drugs and discipline them after a settlement was reached Tuesday with ...

This photo provided by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation shows Thomas Woodard. Inmates Woodard and Michael Dutcher used hammers to attack prison staff members during a failed attempt to ...

This photo provided by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation shows Michael Dutcher. Inmates Dutcher and Thomas Woodard used hammers to attack prison staff members during a failed attempt to ...

Starting today, the letters, cards and photos mailed to inmates in Iowa prisons will be digitized by a company in Las Vegas and later destroyed. Iowa Department of Corrections spokesman Nick Crawford ...

One of Iowa’s most reliable sources of personal protective equipment to fight the coronavirus has been a statewide prison labor program that can pay inmates as little as 58 cents per hour.Prisoners ...

MITCHELLVILLE — Sewing machines hum inside the Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville as inmates focus on the day's work — taking 18 pieces of soft, smooth wool and turning them into ...

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 ...