MARENGO - Cleanliness and innovation might not be words that come to mind when thinking of an Iowa jail, but that's exactly what the state's jail inspector considered when he presented the 'Best of ...

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Iowa Department of Public Safety shows Michael Lang. Lang, is charged in the April 9 shooting death of Iowa Highway Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith during a standoff ...

Iowa crime victims can keep track of inmates in jail and prison using a new mobile app.The state Attorney General's Office said Thursday the free VINEMobile app will allow crime victims and the public ...

Muscatine County, which has a contract to hold immigration detainees for the federal government, is refusing to publicly ...

NEW THIS MORNING, OFFICIALS IN JACKSON COUNTY ARE REGROUPING AFTER VOTERS SHOT DOWN A JAIL BOND ISSUE FOR A SECOND TIME. THAT $6.5 MILLION BOND ISSUE WOULD HAVE BUILT A 50-BED JAIL. WELL, IT FAILED TO ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – A man charged with killing a sheriff's deputy and wounding another while escaping from an Iowa jail will plead guilty, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Pottawattamie County ...

The Latest on the inmate who shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy while escaping from a western Iowa jail Monday (all times local): 4:35 p.m. The inmate who escaped from a western Iowa jail Monday ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WHO-TV) – An Iowa man is facing charges after police say he brought a gun into the Polk County Jail. Des Moines police arrested 25-year-old John Hansen on a charge of third-degree ...

WATERLOO — Security officials at an Iowa jail must allow a man charged with killing a state trooper to meet privately with his lawyers, a judge ordered Thursday. Staff at the Black Hawk County Jail in ...