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Iowa 2020

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The Jail System

Iowa has 96 jails in 99 counties. The jail population in 2020 was 5,070.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2020, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Iowa correctional authorities was 8,307 located in 9 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. Iowa operated facilities had a staff of 2,574 employees and a budget of $456,189,906.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2020, Iowa community corrections population was 24,839 under probation and 7,261 under parole.

Methodology

The National Institute of Corrections depends on publicly available information to provide the information on this page.

The statistics for budgets, employee positions, and state prison facilities data come from state departments of corrections, other state reports and state agencies. If data is missing for a state, then we were unable to find that information.

The data on prison population and incarcerate rate come from the Prisoners in 2020 report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The report includes the count of prisoners in the unified systems of Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Violent and property crime rates are provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

The number of counties per state comes from the United States Census Bureau.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
262
Probationers
1,018
Parolees
118

Populations

Prison Population
8,307
Parole Population
7,261
Probation Population
24,839

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
9 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
96

Prisons

Employee Positions
2,574
Prison Budget
$456,189,906