Michael Karl Geilenfeld was sentenced to 210 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually abusing children at the St.

A prison guard fired in Fort Dodge gets unemployment benefits after state fails to back up allegation she had inmate romance ...

The recent escapes follow several other high-profile breakouts, like that of Danilo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison, sparking a two-week manhunt, and the escape ...

Iowa law enforcement is asking for the public's help in finding a man who escaped from a work release program.

A former Iowa prison inmate has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to threatening President Barack Obama and threatening to destroy at least two federal buildings.

Block Jr., director of the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). The closing of the prison, which was announced in May 2016, is ahead of the original projected closing date of June 30.