State agencies

Corrections

Runs the state’s prisons and, with local judicial district departments, probation and parole supervision. Bills that create or change crimes come with a correctional impact statement estimating what they’d mean for it.

Who leads it

Director · Appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Iowa Senate.

Official website

doc.iowa.gov

General Fund, FY27 est.

$455.7M

Its budget over time

General Fund appropriations by fiscal year1.

$455.7M
Fiscal yearGeneral Fund
FY27 est.$455.7M
FY26$449.9M
FY25$442.3M
FY24$430.4M
FY23$415.6M
FY22$407.7M
FY21$386.6M
FY20$386.7M
FY19$381.8M
FY18$374.3M
FY17$379.3M
FY16$383.5M
FY15$378.6M
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearGeneral Fund
FY27 est.$455.7M
FY26$449.9M
FY25$442.3M
FY24$430.4M
FY23$415.6M
FY22$407.7M
FY21$386.6M
FY20$386.7M
FY19$381.8M
FY18$374.3M
FY17$379.3M
FY16$383.5M
FY15$378.6M

Bills that would change its laws

Recent bills that add to, rewrite or repeal the Iowa Code chapters it mainly carries out2: chapter 904, chapter 906, chapter 907.

  • HF 2753Relating to prison infrastructureDied when the session ended
  • HF 2588Establishing a water and wastewater operator apprenticeship and work release pilot program for inmates, and making appropriationsDied when the session ended
  • HF 2574Relating to the penalty for public employees and public officials taking money from a public employerDied when the session ended
  • HF 2515Relating to deferred or suspended sentences for cases involving sexual exploitation of a minorSigned by Governor
  • SF 2115Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor and deferred and suspended sentencesDied when the session ended
  • HF 2129Establishing a water and wastewater operator apprenticeship and work release pilot program for inmates, and making appropriationsRenumbered as HF 2588
  • HF 2111Relating to deferred or suspended sentences for cases involving sexual exploitation of a minorDied when the session ended
  • SF 2009Relating to certain employees of the department of corrections, including collective bargaining, health insurance for a surviving spouse and children of certain employees of the department, and certain operational and employment matters involving the department, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
  • HF 1047Relating to prison infrastructureRenumbered as HF 2753
  • HF 1046Relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing for properly related matters including indigent defense and representation, the corrections capital reinvestment fund, and a corrections federal receipts fund, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisionsWithdrawn
  • HF 732Relating to inmates, including requiring inmates to be paid the minimum wage for labor performed in or while under the custody of an institution under the control of the department of corrections, and the automatic restoration of the right to voteDied when the session ended
  • HF 570Relating to probation, including discharge credits, educational credits, and workforce credits, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session ended