New York-based law firm Levy Konigsberg, acting for four former inmates, filed an initial complaint in November 2024. The firm is awaiting word in July from a Cumberland County Superior Court judge ...

In March, Lamont Walls, a 38-year-old Des Moines resident, died in the Polk County Jail. Officials say he ingested drugs before his arrest, one of several other Iowa inmates whose deaths resulted from ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Polk County Sheriff's Office has issued a warning about a new scam targeting families of people recently in the Polk County Jail. "What they're doing is prying on their ...

Polk County unveils new data dashboard for arrests, jail inmates ... Updated: 2:53 PM CST Mar 7, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ ... DES MOINES, Iowa — ...

The Polk County Jail — the state's largest with a capacity of about 1,500 — used restraint chairs 11 times in 2022. "We make every attempt to get inmates out of the safety chair at the one ...

He can be contacted at [email protected] or 715-573-8166. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Former Polk County jail officer sentenced for giving drugs to prisoner ...

A former prisoner's claims against Polk County over sexual misconduct by a corrections officer have been dismissed. Justin Mowery sued the county over the actions of Brianna Miller, a former Polk ...

CORALVILLE, Iowa (KTTC) – An Iowa prison inmate died while serving his sentence, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections. Jack Franklin died five years into his 10-year term on Thursday at the ...

Remarking that it’s not feasible to jail the Iowa Department of Corrections for deliberately violating a court order, a Polk County judge has fined the agency $1,500 for contempt of court. The penalty ...

Ombudsman Bernardo Granwehr in a report issued Thursday found that several county jails in Iowa, including Polk County's, have been collecting money from inmates for health care costs before they ...

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POLK COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — An Iowa inmate has escaped custody twice in the last two months, first in Fort Dodge and then in Warren County. Austin Wheeler, 20, of Indianola, was in a transitional ...