Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Boone County Jail is located along Mamie Eisenhower Avenue in Boone, Iowa. The law enforcement center is pictured on Dec. 20, ...

Boone County awarded a contract to a non-profit organization aimed at helping those who used to be incarcerated. The county will partner with in2Action to provide a Peer Navigation program designed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Iowa county jails misused restraint chairs against inmates who were in the throes of a mental health crisis, a new report ...

A group of concerned Boone County residents formed a new group in opposition to Proposition L. The passage of Proposition L on the November Ballot would pay for a new Boone County Jail. Members of a ...

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 1991, jail ...

State correctional officials should tighten their requirements for restraining unruly jail inmates and improve help for those with mental illness to stem potentially abusive use of the restraints in ...

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 inmate ...

Jail officials say they're sending about 75 inmates to jails in other counties each day. Boone County Jail is currently over capacity. Officials say as of Wednesday, January 22, the jail had 289 ...