The southeast Iowa city of Fairfield has bought two homes that were built as part of an Iowa prison work program. The nonprofit Homes for Iowa contracts with inmates to build affordable housing ...

Johnson County jail population housed out of county to increase during $3.2 million building stabilization project ...

DES MOINES, Iowa – More help is coming to try and solve Iowa’s catalog of cold cases. “This unique playing card deck shines a light on 52 of Iowa’s unsolved cases,” said Iowa Attorney General Brenna ...

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 ...

A federal ruling lets the man convicted in the Anamosa prison killings challenge years in solitary confinement—raising ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Families whose loved ones were killed in unsolved crimes or have disappeared without a trace gathered with Iowa Attorney General ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa (KCRG) - An Iowa man was convicted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday in connection with the death of a fellow inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. 35-year-old ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation filed charges against two inmates for allegedly attempting to kill two workers at the Iowa State Penitentiary last month. Dennis ...

JASPER COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - An Iowa inmate died just hours after being taken into custody Monday. At approximately 12:10 a.m. Tuesday, the Jasper County Jail requested medical care for an inmate who ...

Rosaura Genchi Garcia is the latest of many inmates to sue the Trump administration over its policy of refusing to allow bond for those arrested on immigration charges. Garcia faces up to a year in ...