Iowa prison population falls from 22% to 7% over capacity

September 14, 2020 Carol Kuster State News 0

The state’s prison population has decreased significantly since this spring for a variety of reasons related to the pandemic. Iowa Department of Corrections director Beth Skinner said there are about 1100 fewer inmates in the system today compared to March. “Being 22% over capacity, we knew we had to create space in our prisons to […]