Two Iowa prison inmates have been charged with attempted murder and another felony offense for assaulting two Iowa Department of Corrections employees in January.

Locking up repeat offenders has been tried, and it's not clear why the results would be better here, writes the Register's editorial board.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — The state no longer is considering contracting with a private company to provide health ...

The warden's office building at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. (Photo by John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) An Iowa prison official who’s worked in corrections in three states ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (KCRG) - An inmate escaped an Iowa prison and was captured a few miles away. Mount Pleasant Police said the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility alerted them just after noon on ...

State officials have rejected bids from companies applying to provide medical care inside Iowa’s nine prisons and Governor Kim Reynolds says “it made sense” to check to see if a private company could ...

This editorial by Lucas Grundmeier represents the views of the Register's editorial board. Iowa local and state governments should be commended for tackling the problem of overcrowded prisons and ...

In 2015, Jesse Vroegh, a registered nurse working in an Iowa prison, asked his employers at the state Department of Corrections to allow him to use the men’s restrooms and locker rooms at work because ...