2016 Iowa Code
Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Chapter 356 - JAILS AND MUNICIPAL HOLDING FACILITIES
Section 356.37 - Confinement and detention report — design proposals.

356.37

Confinement and detention report — design proposals.

The division of criminal and juvenile justice planning of the department of human rights, in consultation with the department of corrections, the Iowa county attorneys association, the Iowa state sheriff’s association, the Iowa peace officers association, a statewide organization representing rural property taxpayers, the Iowa league of cities, and the Iowa board of supervisors association, shall prepare a report analyzing the confinement and detention needs of jails and facilities established pursuant to this chapter and chapter 356A. The report for each type of jail or facility shall include but is not limited to an inventory of prisoner space, daily prisoner counts, options for detention of prisoners with mental illness or substance abuse service needs, and the compliance status under section 356.36 for each jail or facility. The report shall contain an inventory of recent jail or facility construction projects in which voters have approved the issuance of general obligation bonds, essential county purpose bonds, revenue bonds, or bonds issued pursuant to chapter 423B. The report shall be revised periodically as directed by the administrator of the division of criminal and juvenile justice planning. The first submission of the report shall include recommendations on offender data needed to estimate jail space needs in the next two, three, and five years, on a county, geographic region, and statewide basis, which may be based upon information submitted pursuant to section 356.49.

2002 Acts, ch 1051, §1, 2; 2002 Acts, ch 1175, §83; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §71; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §45