Iowa regulators have suspended the license of a state-employed nurse accused of providing inadequate care for a prison inmate who died hours later. In October 2025, the board charged Penny Lynn ...
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 ...
For years, the Iowa Department of Corrections has been asking lawmakers for funding to install air conditioning at the ...
More than 2,000 incarcerated Iowans and correctional officers are enduring 90-plus-degree heat without air conditioning this ...
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 ...
Iowa regulators have suspended the license of a state-employed nurse accused of providing inadequate care for a prison inmate who died hours later.