MARSHALLTOWN. MARCUS MCINTOSH KCCI EIGHT NEWS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. IOWA PRISONS EXPECT MORE INMATES AFTER GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SIGNED A NEW LAW CREATING A POINT SYSTEM FOR REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS.

Iowa prisons are expecting an increase in inmates, according to the union representing Iowa's prison workers. "You can work at McDonald's for $20 an hour and not worry about getting stabbed, beaten or ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — New York has spent the month so far updating oversight across its prison system, trying to balance demands for humane treatment against safety concerns for facility staff.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) — The number of inmates at Iowa’s prisons is expected to surge in the coming years, but prison workers don’t know if they’re ready for the challenge. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed ...

The country has faced criticism from human rights activists for the conditions in its prisons, including overcrowding and ...

All state criminal- and family-court sentencing judges will soon have to visit a jail or prison at least once a year to see where they’re sending people — a convict-friendly move that’s the first of ...

The government had argued that a “pendulum swing” in the medical consensus justified treating trans inmates with psychotherapy and antidepressants instead. By Amy Harmon A federal judge ordered the ...

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Costa Rica’s Ministry of Justice and Peace announced Monday that prison authorities have removed 263 microwave ovens from correctional facilities across the country, part of a wider effort to tighten ...

The number of inmates at Iowa’s prisons are expected to surge in the coming years, but prison workers don’t know if they’re ready for the challenge, KCRG reports. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Iowa’s ...

WASHINGTON — The watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that its office is launching two new reviews related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s handling of detained ...