Boone County Jail is currently over capacity. Officials say as of Wednesday, January 22, the jail had 289 inmates on its ...

Law enforcement in Boone County has more detainees than they can hold in their jail. "Currently, the number of detainees ...

A new report from the Iowa ombudsman accuses two jails of using restraint chairs to confine inmates for long periods, sometimes for punishment. The Iowa Office of Ombudsman investigated four ...

The ombudsman’s investigation of four inmate complaints revealed that state administrative rules, manufacturers’ instructions, and the jail’s own policies were repeatedly violated at jails in both ...

Boone County Jail is currently over capacity. Officials say as of Wednesday, the jail had 289 inmates on its books — and it’s paying for 75 inmates to be housed in other counties. Built in ...