Local facilities preferred for misdemeanants.
Iowa Code § 903.5
in effect903.5. Local facilities preferred for misdemeanants.
In designating places of confinement of misdemeanants, the department shall make optimum use of local facilities offering correctional programs, where such are available. Where a choice of facilities is offered, a choice of the facility nearest the prisoner’s home shall be preferred, if such choice is compatible with the rehabilitation of the prisoner.
[C79, 81, §903.5]
Source: Iowa Legislature (legis.iowa.gov)URL: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/903.5.pdfFetched: 10/20/2026
