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Probation, parole, work release and other programs are designed to help offenders live as productive members of the community. Host Charity Nebbe…
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In the summer of 1974, Rasberry Williams shot and killed a Waterloo man over a $30 gambling debt. In April, Governor Terry Branstad granted Williams’…
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Many severe crimes alter a victim's life forever. People convicted of those crimes might be put behind bars for a very long time or even the rest of their…
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As we continue our series on corrections in Iowa…here's the second half of our report on sex offender treatment and monitoring. About 1 in 8 inmates in…
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Why do we have prisons? Are they for retribution or rehabilitation or protection? Also, what are the strengths and weaknesses of Iowa's corrections…
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In our society when you break the law you will be punished, but our prison system is supposed to be about more than retribution. Today on Talk of Iowa, we…
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It’s been just over a month since two girls from Dayton, Iowa were abducted near their bus stop - allegedly by a convicted sex offender who’d served…