Years of advocacy preceded the Iowa Department of Corrections' agreement to improve disciplinary practices, writes the Register's editorial board.

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 ...

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

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 ...

RHEYA: NEW TONIGHT, TWO MORE IOWA INMATES HAVE DIED LIKELY FROM COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAYS 59-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN STRAIN AN ANAMOSA INMATE DIED EARLY THIS MORNING AT ...

An inmate at Anamosa State Penitentiary in Iowa attacked staff in the prison infirmary Tuesday, killing one correctional officer and a nurse, officials said. Security personnel responded to the attack ...

Dozens of Iowa prisoners received overdoses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday — kicking off an internal investigation at the state facility, a report said. The inmates at Iowa State Penitentiary in ...

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 ...