DES MOINES, Iowa — A bill awaiting Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature would require people convicted of a third felony in Iowa to ...

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

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

A jury has convicted Anthony Bauer on two counts of attempted murder and possessing contraband.

Repeat offenders convicted of multiple serious crimes would receive mandatory 20-year prison sentences under a bill House lawmakers passed. House lawmakers debated for more than an hour about high ...

The Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) has announced the death of an Iowa State Penitentiary inmate serving a life sentence ...

Iowa’s Department of Corrections will replace unreliable rapid drug tests and raise its evidence standard for major violations after a settlement with three inmates who were wrongly punished over ...

ANAMOSA, Iowa - Iowa state prison officials say an Anamosa State Penitentiary corrections officer has been assaulted by an inmate. Officials say in a news release that the officer was working at his ...