State Prisons in iowa

Clicking on any of the Iowa facilities below will direct you to an information page with Inmate Search, Visitation, Mail, Phone, Email, Most Wanted and FAQ for families and friends.

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Iowa Department of Corrections - Prisons & Inmate Search

Iowa maintains their own state prison system, nine correctional facilities which consist of every security level; maximum, medium, and minimum, as well as eight Community Based Corrections Districts that act as an alternative to prison.

The Iowa Department of Corrections is where offenders are sent that have been convicted of felony crimes of murder, rape, assault, serious thefts and drug related offenses. These are offenses of at least one year, and all the way up to life imprisonment. Iowa abolished the death penalty in 1965, thus there is no death row.

Go here for full instructions on using the Iowa Department of Corrections Inmate Search, as well as for the Bureau of Prisons inmates and ICE detainees

The Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center manages a secure location for juvenile offenders who have been convicted of serious crimes and sentenced to detention, or are awaiting their court dates.

To search for an inmate or juvenile offender, or learn how to communicate with an inmate in the Iowa Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice, start by choosing from the list of facilities below.

Each prison you click on below will provide specific, detailed information about the facility's: 

  • inmate search,
  • location,
  • contact information,
  • directions,
  • inmate visitation,
  • mail,
  • phone accounts,
  • money accounts,
  • commissary,
  • texting and emailing where available, and
  • inmate tablet rental where available.