Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 356.5 (2026)
Keeper’s duty
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The keeper of each jail shall:
1. See that the jail is kept in a clean and healthful condition.
2. Furnish each prisoner with necessary bedding, clothing, towels, fuel, and medical aid.
3. Serve each prisoner three times each day with an ample quantity of wholesome food.
4. Furnish each prisoner sufficient clean, fresh water for drinking purposes and for personal use.
5. Keep an accurate account of the items furnished each prisoner.
6. Keep a matron on the jail premises at all times during the incarceration of one or more female prisoners; keep either a jailer or matron on the premises at all times during the incarceration of one or more male prisoners, and make nighttime inspections while any prisoners are confined, or provide for incarceration in a jail which conforms to the provisions of this subsection. [C51, §3104, 3108; R60, §5123, 5127; C73, §4724, 4727; C97, §5640, 5643; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5501; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §356.5] Referred to in §356.7, 356.15, 356.15A, 356A.2 \n
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1977–2026 · leading case: Smith v. Linn Cnty., 342 N.W.2d 861 (Iowa 1984).
Smith v. Linn Cnty., 342 N.W.2d 861 (Iowa 1984). “Although the facts were disputed, substantial evidence supports the trial court's finding that from the time of his arrest Smith was in the custody of the Linn County sheriff who would have housed him in the Linn County jail but for the seriousness of his injuries.”
Mercy Hosp. Med. Ctr. v. Cnty. of Marion, 590 N.W.2d 41 (Iowa 1999). “Iowa Code § 356.5 (2) (1995). The costs incurred must be paid by the county board of supervisors: All charges and expenses for the safekeeping and maintenance of prisoners shall *43 be allowed by the board of supervisors, except those committed or detained by the authority of…”
Woodbury Cnty. v. City of Sioux City, 475 N.W.2d 203 (Iowa 1991). “The trial court generally stated that allowable expenses “include all those services required of the County Jail by Section 356.5.” It allocated expenses of maintaining persons charged with both city and state violations by a computation based on the length of the sentences for…”
Iowa Dep't of Soc. Servs., Iowa Men's Reformatory v. Iowa Merit Emp. Dep't, 261 N.W.2d 161 (Iowa 1977). “We note that § 356.5(6), The Code, requires jailers "[t]o have a matron on the jail premises at all times during the incarceration of any one or more female prisoners * *.”
State of Iowa v. Kamie Jo Schiebout (Iowa Ct. App. 2019). “Using that provision, the county sheriff may charge a prisoner for room and board and “for any medical aid provided to the prisoner under section 356.5.” Iowa Code § 356.7 (1). Section 365.”
State of Iowa v. Larry Gross (Iowa 2019). “r older and who has been convicted of a criminal offense or sentenced for contempt of court for violation of a domestic abuse order for the actual administrative costs relating to the arrest and booking of that prisoner, for room and board provided to the prisoner while in the…”
State of Iowa v. Tavish Coleon Shackford (Iowa Ct. App. 2020). “for the actual administrative costs relating to the arrest and booking of that prisoner, for room and board provided to the prisoner while in the custody of the county sheriff or municipality, and for any medical aid provided to the prisoner under section 356.5. . . . If a…”
Megan Jordan, Individually & as Mother & Next Friend of M.E.H. & K.J.J. v. Linn Cnty., Iowa & Linn Cnty. Iowa d/b/a Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't (Iowa Ct. App. 2025). “The Linn County Sheriff was providing Deemer, an inmate at the correctional center, medical care pursuant to the county’s statutory obligations under Iowa Code section 356.5 (2022). During the transport, Deemer managed to “partially remove his handcuffs and leg shackles.”
The Est. of Donnie Locklear Jr. v. Muscatine Cnty., Sheriff Quinn Riess, Individually, Various John Does & Janes Does, Individually (Iowa Ct. App. 2026). “See Iowa Code § 356.5 (2) (2022). 9 findings, Locklear is not contesting the performance of the jail’s medical staff in treating his condition.”
— Iowa Code § 356.5(2) — 1 case
Mercy Hosp. Med. Ctr. v. Cnty. of Marion, 590 N.W.2d 41 (Iowa 1999). “Iowa Code § 356.5 (2) (1995). The costs incurred must be paid by the county board of supervisors: All charges and expenses for the safekeeping and maintenance of prisoners shall *43 be allowed by the board of supervisors, except those committed or detained by the authority of…”
— Iowa Code § 356.5(6) — 1 case
Iowa Dep't of Soc. Servs., Iowa Men's Reformatory v. Iowa Merit Emp. Dep't, 261 N.W.2d 161 (Iowa 1977). “We note that § 356.5(6), The Code, requires jailers "[t]o have a matron on the jail premises at all times during the incarceration of any one or more female prisoners * *.”
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