List of Iowa state prisons
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The Iowa Department of Corrections is a state agency operating prisons in Iowa
. It has its headquarters in Des Moines
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Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
. It has its headquarters in Des Moines
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
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Facilities
- Anamosa State PenitentiaryAnamosa State PenitentiaryAnamosa State Penitentiary is a maximum security penitentiary prison for men. It is located in the Jones County community of Anamosa, Iowa - approximately northeast of Cedar Rapids, Iowa....
- AnamosaAnamosa, IowaAs of the census of 2000, there were 5,494 people, 1,750 households, and 1,135 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,453.4 people per square mile . There were 1,884 housing units at an average density of 841.3 per square mile... - Clarinda Correctional FacilityClarinda Correctional FacilityThe Clarinda Correctional Facility is a correctional institution located in the Page County community of Clarinda, Iowa. It is in southwest Iowa on the grounds of the Clarinda Treatment Complex...
- ClarindaClarinda, Iowa-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 5,572 in the city, with a population density of . There were 2,180 housing units, of which 1,928 were occupied.... - Fort Dodge Correctional FacilityFort Dodge Correctional FacilityThe Fort Dodge Correctional Facility is a medium security institution located on of land in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The institution has 1,250 beds, and as of July 30, 2010, it has 1,233 inmates and another 75 in segregation...
- Fort DodgeFort Dodge, IowaFort Dodge is a city and county seat of Webster County, Iowa, United States, along the Des Moines River. The population was 25,206 in the 2010 census, an increase from 25,136 in the 2000 census. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa. It is located on U.S... - Iowa Correctional Institution for WomenIowa Correctional Institution for WomenIowa Correctional Institution for Women is an Iowa Department of Corrections medium/minimum security prison located in Mitchellville, Iowa. As of 2002 it had some 190 staff and 510 inmates....
- MitchellvilleMitchellville, IowaMitchellville is a city in Polk and Jasper counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 1,715 at the 2000 census.The Polk County portion of Mitchellville is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Jasper County portion is part of the Newton... - Iowa Medical and Classification CenterIowa Medical and Classification CenterThe Iowa Medical and Classification Center is a medium security correctional facility located in the Johnson County community Oakdale, Iowa. It houses about 900 inmates....
- OakdaleOakdale, IowaOakdale was an unincorporated rural residential village established in 1908 by the State of Iowa as a state-wide treatment center for tuberculosis in rural Johnson County, located about five miles northwest of central Iowa City and now a part of Coralville, adjacent to the community of North... - Iowa State PenitentiaryIowa State PenitentiaryThe Iowa State Penitentiary is an Iowa Department of Corrections maximum security prison for men located in the Lee County, Iowa community of Fort Madison....
- Fort MadisonFort Madison, IowaFort Madison, situated on the Mississippi River, is a city in and one of the county seats of Lee County, Iowa, United States. The other county seat is Keokuk. The population was 10,715 at the 2000 census... - Mount Pleasant Correctional FacilityMount Pleasant Correctional FacilityThe Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility is an Iowa Department of Corrections correctional institution located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. As of July 30, 2010, the institution has 891 inmates and another 44 in segregation in a 775-inmate facility, and 100 additional female inmates in...
- Mount PleasantMount Pleasant, IowaMount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County, Iowa, in the United States. The population was 8,668 in the 2010 census, a decline from 8,751 in the 2000 census. It was founded in 1835 by pioneer Presley Saunders.- History :... - Newton Correctional FacilityNewton Correctional FacilityThe Newton Correctional Facility is a low and medium security correctional institution of the Iowa Department of Corrections. It is located in unincorporated Jasper County, Iowa, near Newton...
- unincorporatedUnincorporated areaIn law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Jasper CountyJasper County, Iowa-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 36,842 in the county, with a population density of . There were 16,181 housing units, of which 14,806 were occupied.-2000 census:...
, near NewtonNewton, IowaNewton is a city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,254. It is the home of Maytag Dairy Farms and was formerly home to the Maytag Corporation's corporate headquarters until the Whirlpool Corporation acquired it in 2006... - North Central Correctional FacilityNorth Central Correctional FacilityThe North Central Correctional Facility is a minimum security institution located in the Calhoun County community of Rockwell City, Iowa....
- Rockwell CityRockwell City, IowaRockwell City is a city in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,264 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Calhoun County.-Geography:Rockwell City is located at ....
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Iowa Department of Corrections, 7 officers have died in the line of duty.See also
- List of law enforcement agencies in Iowa
- List of United States state correction agencies
- List of U.S. state prisons
- PrisonPrisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...