Mpox, a highly contagious viral disease known for causing severe rashes and pustules, has been detected in an Iowa prison. "We're actively managing the situation with robust health measures," Iowa ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) - A labor union representing Iowa’s corrections workers is calling on the state to pass reforms because they say officers are at risk. Last week, an ...
Editor's Note: On Nov. 20, 2025, nearly a week after The Midwest Newsroom asked the Iowa Department of Corrections to comment for this article, department communications specialist Zach Carlyle ...
A bill that’s cleared an Iowa House subcommittee would set up a “prison infrastructure fund” and launch a study of the nine state-run prisons. Representative Brian Lohse, a Republican from Bondurant, ...
Thomas Hansen is a Burlington-based software engineer, husband, and father whose friends and family care for patients in Iowa’s Department of Corrections. The state of Iowa is quietly moving toward a ...
An Iowa man convicted of killing his wife died last week, just more than a year into his sentence. Gregory Showalter, 64, died on Dec. 28, 2024, at the University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center, ...
DES MOINES - Iowa's forecast for future growth in its prison population took an unexpected upturn in the latest 10-year projections. If current trends continue, the occupancy rate at the nine state ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa prisoners could soon be making their own toilet paper to save taxpayers ...
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