Title XVI, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)

The department shall have an official seal with the words “Iowa Department of Corrections” and an engraved design. Every commission, order, or other paper of an official nature executed by the department may be attested with the seal. 83 Acts, ch 96, §10, 159 CS83, §217A.9 85 Act…

The department of corrections may enter into agreements, as provided for in chapter 28E , with a district department of correctional services as necessary. 84 Acts, ch 1184, §20 C85, §217A.10 85 Acts, ch 21, §54 CS85, §246.111 C93, §904.111

Institutional receipts of the department of corrections shall be deposited in the general fund of the state except as follows: 1. Reimbursement for services provided to another institution or state agency, rentals charged to employees or other persons for room, apartment, or hous…

The department may accept gifts of real or personal property from the federal government or any source. The director may exercise powers with reference to the property so accepted as necessary or appropriate to its preservation and the purposes for which it is given. 83 Acts, ch …

The director, staff members, assistants, and employees, in addition to salary, shall receive their necessary traveling expenses by the nearest practicable route, when engaged in the performance of official business. Permission shall not be granted to any person to travel to anoth…

Annually at the time provided by law, the department shall make a report to the governor and the general assembly, which shall cover the annual period ending with June 30 preceding the date of the report and shall include: 1. An itemized statement of the department’s expenditures…

1. The department of corrections shall not revise the allocations to the correctional institutions under the control of the department from the amounts allocated to the institutions, unless notice of the revisions is given prior to their effective date to the legislative services…

An interstate compact fund is established under the control of the department. All interstate compact fees collected by the department pursuant to section 907B.4 shall be deposited into the fund and the moneys shall be used by the department to offset the costs of complying with …

1. A federal receipts fund is established in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of all of the following: a. All federal moneys received by the department, including but not limited to moneys received for federally contracted services, b…

The department shall establish a fund for maintaining and operating a central warehouse and supply depot and distribution facility for surplus government products, canned goods, paper products, other staples, and for such other items as determined by the department. A department …

The department shall not enter into any agreement with a private sector for-profit entity for the purpose of housing inmates committed to the custody of the director. 2007 Acts, ch 103, §1

1. The Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale shall be utilized as a forensic psychiatric hospital for persons displaying evidence of mental illness or psychosocial disorders and requiring diagnostic services or treatment in a security setting, as a security unit for p…

The director may provide facilities and personnel for a diagnostic intake and classification center. The work of the center shall include a scientific study of each inmate, the inmate’s career and life history, the causes of the inmate’s criminal acts and recommendations for the …

The director may establish a violator facility as a freestanding facility, or designate a portion of an existing correctional facility for the purpose. A violator facility is for the temporary confinement of offenders who have violated conditions of release under work release or …

1. The director shall appoint, subject to the advice and recommendations of the board, the superintendents of the institutions provided for in section 904.102 . 2. The superintendent has the immediate custody and control, subject to the orders and policies of the director, of all…

1. The director shall appoint, subject to the advice and recommendations of the board, a district director for each district department established in section 904.104A . 2. The district director has the immediate custody and control, subject to the orders and policies of the dire…

Each district director employed by the department shall be qualified in the administration of correctional programs. The district director shall: 1. Perform the duties and have the responsibilities delegated or specified by the department. 2. Manage the district department’s comm…

The director may appoint a farm operations administrator for institutions under the control of the departments of corrections and health and human services. If appointed, the farm operations administrator, subject to the direction of the director shall do all of the following: 1.…

1. The director shall determine the number and compensation of subordinate officers and employees for each institution subject to chapter 8A, subchapter IV . Subject to this chapter , the officers and employees shall be appointed and discharged by the superintendent or district d…

A training fund is established under the control of the department. The director shall provide training to all new officers or employees of the department free of charge. The department shall also offer in-service training which shall include classes for officers and employees in…

The director shall require officers and employees of institutions under the director’s control who are charged with the custody or control of money or property belonging to the state, to give an official bond properly conditioned and signed by sufficient sureties in a sum to be f…

1. The director may furnish the superintendent of each of the institutions, in addition to salary, with a dwelling house or with appropriate quarters in lieu of a house, or the director may compensate the superintendent of each of the institutions in lieu of furnishing a house or…

Quarterly conferences of the superintendents and the district directors of the institutions shall be held with the director for the consideration of all matters relative to the management of the institutions. Full minutes of the meetings shall be preserved in the records of the d…

1. The superintendent of each institution shall make an annual report to the director. 2. The district director of each district department shall make an annual report to the director. 83 Acts, ch 96, §37, 159 CS83, §217A.53 85 Acts, ch 21, §54 CS85, §246.307 88 Acts, ch 1049, §1…

The department and the director shall cooperate with any department or agency of the state government in any manner, including the exchange of employees, calculated to improve administration of the affairs of the institutions. Joint use of facilities by the department and another…

The director may secure the services of consultants to furnish advice on administrative, professional, or technical problems to the director or the employees of institutions under the director’s jurisdiction or to provide in-service training and instruction for the employees. The…

The director may maintain a canteen at an institution under the director’s jurisdiction for the sale to persons confined in or committed to the institution of items such as toilet articles, candy, tobacco products, notions, and other sundries, and may provide the necessary facili…

1. Funds appropriated to the department or other funds made available to the department shall not be used to distribute or make available any commercially published information or material to an inmate when such information or material is sexually explicit or features nudity. 2. …

1. The director may permit the superintendent or the district director, as applicable, of each institution to retain a stated amount of funds in possession as a contingent fund for the payment of freight, postage, commodities purchased on authority of the director on a cash basis…

A recycling fund for each prison institution is created as a separate and distinct fund in the state treasury. All moneys remitted to the department for the recycling operations of a prison institution shall be deposited in the fund established for that institution. Notwithstandi…

1. The director shall adopt rules governing the purchase of all articles and supplies needed at the various institutions and the form and verification of vouchers for the purchases. When purchases are made by sample, the sample shall be properly marked and retained until after an…

1. The department of corrections shall provide for the purchase of qualified renewable fuels to power internal combustion engines that are used to operate motor vehicles and for the purchase of motor vehicles operating using engines powered by qualified renewable fuels in the sam…

The department when purchasing hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants shall give preference to purchasing biobased hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants as provided in section 8A.316 . 98 Acts, ch 1082, §7 ; 2000 Acts, ch 1109, §7 ; 2003 A…

The department shall give preference to purchasing designated biobased products in the same manner as provided in section 8A.317 . 2008 Acts, ch 1104, §7

The purchase of materials or equipment for penal or correctional institutions under the department is exempted from the requirements of centralized purchasing and bidding by the department of administrative services if the materials or equipment are needed to make an emergency re…

1. The director shall cause plans and specifications to be prepared by the department of administrative services for all improvements authorized and costing over the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3 , or as established in section 314.1B . An appropriation for any improve…

1. The director of the department of administrative services shall, in writing, let all contracts for authorized improvements under chapter 8A, subchapter III , costing in excess of the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3 , or as established in section 314.1B . Upon prior a…

The director of the department of administrative services shall not authorize payment for construction purposes until satisfactory proof has been furnished to the director of the department of administrative services by the proper officer or supervising architect, that the contra…

1. The director, subject to the advice and recommendations of the board, may secure options to purchase real estate and acquire and sell real estate for the proper uses of the institutions. Real estate shall be acquired and sold upon terms and conditions the director recommends s…

1. The director may enter into contracts with the governing body of any city for the protection from fire of any property under the director’s primary control, located in any city or in territory contiguous to a city. 2. The director of the department of inspections, appeals, and…

If the buildings at any institution under the management of the director are destroyed or rendered unfit for habitation by reason of fire, storms, or other like causes, to such an extent that the inmates cannot be confined and cared for at the institution, the director shall make…

1. If the director contracts with a private person or entity for the transportation of inmates to or from an institution, the contract shall include provisions which require the following: a. The private person or any officers or employees of the private person or private entity …

1. A department of corrections survivor benefits fund is established in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys transferred to the fund pursuant to section 99G.39 and any other moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund. Money…

The director or director’s designee shall visit and inspect the institutions under the director’s control, and investigate the financial condition and management of the institutions at least once in six months. 83 Acts, ch 96, §28, 159 CS83, §217A.41 85 Acts, ch 21, §54 CS85, §24…

The director may investigate charges of abuse, neglect or mismanagement on the part of any officer or employee of any public or private institution subject to the director’s supervision or control. 83 Acts, ch 96, §29, 159 CS83, §217A.42 85 Acts, ch 21, §54 CS85, §246.402 C93, §9…

1. The director may exercise the following powers in an investigation: a. Summon and compel the attendance of witnesses. b. Examine the witnesses under oath, which the director may administer. c. Have access to all books, papers, and property material to the investigation. d. Ord…