Report of Task Force into Critical Incidents within the Iowa Prison System, 2004

Report #02-04 Concerns about the death of two Iowa inmates at the Anamosa State Penitentiary, asked the Ombudsman Office to review the incidents and provide an assessment of each incident. The Governor also asked the Ombudsman Office to propose a set of recommendations for improving inmate and staff safety within Anamosa State Penitentiary.

Does Prison Substance Abuse Treatment Reduce Recidivism?Performance Audit Report Iowa Department of Corrections Licensed Substance Abuse Programs, May 25, 2007

The Iowa Department of Corrections faces a growing prison population expected to quickly exceed current capacities. Additionally, nine out of every ten offenders have a history of alcohol or drug problems often both. Research suggests that alcohol and drugs lead to criminal behavior, which lead offenders right back to prison creating a vicious circle and placing a financial and societal burden on the state. However, research also shows that substance abuse treatment can minimize criminal behavior, and offers a way to shut the revolving prison door. Substance abuse programming attempts to change offender thinking patterns and behavior in order to facilitate re-entry back into the community, lessen substance abuse relapse and reduce recidivism. Yet nearly 60% of offenders with identified needs are not treated, and many lacking treatment are high risk. Additionally, the percentage of offenders returning to prison varies significantly from program to program and some programs can not show they have reduced recidivism when compared to offender groups with substance abuse problems and receiving no treatment at all. All of which minimize the effect substance Abuse programming has in curbing prison population growth and reducing crime.

Audit report on the Iowa State Prison Industries - Farms for the year ended June 30, 2006

Audit report on the Iowa State Prison Industries - Farms for the year ended June 30, 2006

Cooperative Lakes Area Monitoring Project-East Okoboji Lake, 2007

Water fact sheet for Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Geological Bureau.

Report of Iowa State Prison Industries – Farms for the year ended December 31, 2007

Report of Iowa State Prison Industries – Farms for the year ended December 31, 2007

Audit report of Iowa State Prison Industries – Farms for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report of Iowa State Prison Industries – Farms for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report of the Iowa State Prison Industries for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report of the Iowa State Prison Industries for the year ended June 30, 2010

Report on the Iowa State Prison Industries – Farms for the year ended June 30, 2010

Report on the Iowa State Prison Industries – Farms for the year ended June 30, 2010

2001-2002 Iowa Prison Industries Annual Report, May 2002

Annual report of the Department of Corrections, Iowa Prison Industries.

2004-2005 Iowa Prison Industries Annual Report, May 2005

Annual report of the Department of Corrections, Iowa Prison Industries.

2006-2007 Iowa Prison Industries Annual Report, May 2007

Annual report of the Department of Corrections, Iowa Prison Industries.

2009-2010 Iowa Prison Industries Annual Report, May 2010

Annual report of the Department of Corrections, Iowa Prison Industries.

Iowa Prison Industries Five Year Transition and Business Plan 2011-2015, 2011

IPI is comprised of three divisions. Private Sector funds are handed over to the General Fund. Traditional Industries and Farms funds are managed by IPI. The auditor of the state provides oversight on policies, procedures, and compliance with state law. Each year, the auditor is responsible for providing the Governor, legislature, Director of Corrections, and the public the findings of their comprehensive audits. IPI has received a clean bill of health and has not been cited for any violations in ten (10) years. IPI operates under the guidance of an advisory board, comprised of seven members. The advisory board meets at least four (4) times per year at a location of the board‟s choice, generally at a different prison each quarter. The board reviews the financials, policies, approves any new private sector ventures and offers comprehensive guidance on issues that will impact correctional industries as well as the public and local businesses. Each member serves for two (2) years and may be re-appointed. IPI has found that retaining board members has helped immensely with the continuity of transition and has afforded IPI with superb leadership and guidance. IPI is 100% self-funding. We receive no appropriations from the general fund. We hire our staff, pay their salaries, and pay the stipend of the offenders. We pay for our raw materials, equipment, and construct our buildings all from the proceeds of our sales. We operate with a revolving fund and retain any earnings at year-ends. The retained earnings are used for expansion of our work programs.

Dedication of monuments erected by the state of Iowa,commemorating the death, suffering and valor of her soldiers on the battlefields of Vickburg, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Shiloh, and in the Confederate prison at Andersonville,November twelfth to twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and six,1908.

This book contains information on the dedication ceremony of Iowa monuments on the southern battlefields from the civil war and their final transfer made to the care of the general government. It includes history of the battles, photos and maps.

2007-2008 Iowa Prison Industries Annual Report, May 2008

Annual report of the Department of Corrections, Iowa Prison Industries.