1. The corrections continuum consists of the following:
a. LEVEL ONE. Noncommunity-based corrections sanctions including the following:
(1) Self-monitored sanctions. Self-monitored sanctions which are not monitored for
compliance including, but not limited to, fines and community service.
(2) Other than self-monitored sanctions. Other than self-monitored sanctions which
are monitored for compliance by other than the district department of correctional services
including, but not limited to, mandatory mediation, victim and offender reconciliation, and
noncommunity-based corrections supervision.
b. LEVEL TWO. Probation and parole options consisting of the following:
(1) Monitored sanctions. Monitored sanctions are administrative supervision sanctions
which are monitored for compliance by the district department of correctional services and
include, but are not limited to, low-risk offender-diversion programs.
(2) Supervised sanctions. Supervised sanctions are regular probation or parole
supervision and any conditions established in the probation or parole agreement or by court
order.
(3) Intensive supervision sanctions. Intensive supervision sanctions provide levels of
supervision above sanctions in subparagraph (2) but are less restrictive than sanctions under
paragraph “c” and include electronic monitoring, day reporting, day programming, live-out
programs for persons on work release or who have violated chapter 321J, and institutional
work release under section 904.910.
c. LEVEL THREE. Quasi-incarceration sanctions. Quasi-incarceration sanctions are
those supported by residential facility placement or twenty-four hour electronic monitoring
including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Residential treatment facilities.
(2) Operating while intoxicated offender treatment facilities.
(3) Work release facilities.
(4) House arrest with electronic monitoring.
(5) A substance use disorder treatment facility as established and operated by the
department of health and human services or the department of corrections.
d. LEVEL FOUR. Short-term incarceration designed to be of short duration, including,
but not limited to, the following:
(1) Twenty-one day shock incarceration for persons who violate chapter 321J.
(2) Jail for less than thirty days.
(3) Violators’ facilities.
(4) Prison with sentence reconsideration.
e. LEVEL FIVE. Incarceration which consists of the following:
(1) Prison.
(2) Jail for thirty days or longer.
2. “Intermediate criminal sanctions program” means a program structured around the
corrections continuum in subsection 1, describing sanctions and services available in each
level of the continuum in the district and containing the policies of the district department
of correctional services regarding placement of a person in a particular level of sanction and
the requirements and conditions under which a defendant will be transferred between levels
in the corrections continuum under the program.
3. a. Each judicial district and judicial district department of correctional services shall
implement an intermediate criminal sanctions program. An intermediate criminal sanctions\n\nTue Dec 09 21:52:29 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 901B (19, 0)
§901B.1, INTERMEDIATE CRIMINAL SANCTIONS 2\n\nprogram shall consist of only levels two, three, and sublevels one and three of level four of
the corrections continuum and shall be operated in accordance with an intermediate criminal
sanctions plan adopted by the chief judge of the judicial district and the director of the judicial
district department of correctional services. The plan adopted shall be designed to reduce
probation revocations to prison through the use of incremental, community-based sanctions
for probation violations.
b. The plan shall be subject to rules adopted by the department of corrections. The rules
shall include provisions for transferring individuals between levels in the continuum. The
provisions shall include a requirement that the reasons for the transfer be in writing and that
an opportunity for the individual to contest the transfer be made available.
c. A copy of the program and plan shall be filed with the chief judge of the judicial
district, the department of corrections, and the subunit of the department of health and
human services responsible for criminal and juvenile justice planning.
4. a. The district department of correctional services shall place an individual committed
to it under section 907.3 to the sanction and level of supervision which is appropriate to the
individual based upon a current risk assessment evaluation. Placements may be to levels two
and three of the corrections continuum. The district department may, with the approval of
the department of corrections, place an individual in a level four violator facility established
pursuant to section 904.207 only as a penalty for a violation of a condition imposed under
this section.
b. The district department may transfer an individual along the intermediate criminal
sanctions program operated pursuant to subsection 3 as necessary and appropriate during the
period the individual is assigned to the district department. However, nothing in this section
shall limit the district department’s ability to seek a revocation of the individual’s probation
pursuant to section 908.11.
96 Acts, ch 1193, §15; 2000 Acts, ch 1201, §14; 2001 Acts, ch 184, §10, 11; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex,
ch 2, §51, 209; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §212; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §23; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1326, 1327
Referred to in §904.101, 907.3\n\nTue Dec 09 21:52:29 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 901B (19, 0)
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Notes of Decisions
State of Iowa v. Noah Riley Crooks, 911 N.W.2d 153 (Iowa 2018).
· cites it 16× “The statute, however, authorized the district court to defer or suspend the sentence and place the defendant on probation, with the level of supervision to be determined under section 901B.1 by the district department of corrections.”
Michael Anderson v. State of Iowa, 801 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2011).
· cites it 9× “7, or commitment of the defendant to the judicial district department of correctional services for supervision or services under section 901B.1 at the level of sanctions which the district department determines to be appropriate and the payment of fees imposed under section 905.”
State v. Pickett, 671 N.W.2d 866 (Iowa 2003).
· cites it 6× “Iowa Code section 901B.1 sets forth a corrections continuum that consists of five levels: (1) noncommunity-based corrections sanctions; (2) probation and parole options; (3) quasi-incarceration sanctions; (4) short-term incarceration (less than thirty days); and (5)…”
Kris Kolzow v. State of Iowa, 813 N.W.2d 731 (Iowa 2012).
· cites it 6× “1(2) states community-based correctional programs are programs “including but not limited to an intermediate criminal sanctions program” under the continuum in section 901B.1 that are designed to “supervise and assist individuals .”
State of Iowa v. Brett Calvin Hensley, 911 N.W.2d 678 (Iowa 2018).
· cites it 9× “7, or commitment of the defendant to the judicial district department of correctional services for supervision or services under section 901B.1 at the level of sanctions which the district department determines to be appropriate and the payment of fees imposed under section 905.”
State v. Valin, 724 N.W.2d 440 (Iowa 2006).
· cites it 2× “3 (3) (2005) (empowering the sentencing court in circumstances such as these to “place the defendant on probation upon such terms as it may require including ... commitment of the defendant to the judicial district department of correctional services for supervision or services…”
State of Iowa v. Michael James Kout, 854 N.W.2d 706 (Iowa Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 2× “Anderson does hold an individual is entitled to sentencing credit when subject to supervision as a level two or level three supervisee under section 901B.1; however Anderson applies exclusively to a defendant on probation or parole, not an individual on pretrial release.”
State of Iowa v. Montez Guise (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 23× “See Iowa Code § 901B.1. Each judicial district and judicial district department of correctional services is required to implement an intermediate criminal sanctions program “structured around the corrections continuum” with different levels of sanctions, programs, and services…”
State of Iowa v. William James Vary (Iowa Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 13× “7, or commitment of the defendant to the judicial district department of correctional services for supervision or services under section 901B.1 at the level of sanctions which the district department determines to be appropriate and the payment of fees imposed under section 905.”
State v. Hensley (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 6× “See Iowa Code § 901B.1. Levels one and two on the continuum consist of self-monitored and supervised probation and parole.”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(1) — 5 cases
State of Iowa v. Brett Calvin Hensley, 911 N.W.2d 678 (Iowa 2018).
“7, or commitment of the defendant to the judicial district department of correctional services for supervision or services under section 901B.1 at the level of sanctions which the district department determines to be appropriate and the payment of fees imposed under section 905.”
State v. Pickett, 671 N.W.2d 866 (Iowa 2003).
“Iowa Code section 901B.1 sets forth a corrections continuum that consists of five levels: (1) noncommunity-based corrections sanctions; (2) probation and parole options; (3) quasi-incarceration sanctions; (4) short-term incarceration (less than thirty days); and (5)…”
State of Iowa v. Noah Riley Crooks, 911 N.W.2d 153 (Iowa 2018).
“The statute, however, authorized the district court to defer or suspend the sentence and place the defendant on probation, with the level of supervision to be determined under section 901B.1 by the district department of corrections.”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(1)(6) — 3 cases
State v. Pickett, 671 N.W.2d 866 (Iowa 2003).
“Iowa Code section 901B.1 sets forth a corrections continuum that consists of five levels: (1) noncommunity-based corrections sanctions; (2) probation and parole options; (3) quasi-incarceration sanctions; (4) short-term incarceration (less than thirty days); and (5)…”
Michael Anderson v. State of Iowa, 801 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2011).
“7, or commitment of the defendant to the judicial district department of correctional services for supervision or services under section 901B.1 at the level of sanctions which the district department determines to be appropriate and the payment of fees imposed under section 905.”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(1)(a) — 4 cases
State of Iowa v. William James Vary (Iowa Ct. App. 2015).
“7, or commitment of the defendant to the judicial district department of correctional services for supervision or services under section 901B.1 at the level of sanctions which the district department determines to be appropriate and the payment of fees imposed under section 905.”
State v. Hensley (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
“See Iowa Code § 901B.1. Levels one and two on the continuum consist of self-monitored and supervised probation and parole.”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(1)(b) — 2 cases
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(1)(b)(1) — 2 cases
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(1)(b)(2) — 2 cases
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(1)(b)(3) — 2 cases
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(1)(c) — 3 cases
State v. Hensley (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
“See Iowa Code § 901B.1. Levels one and two on the continuum consist of self-monitored and supervised probation and parole.”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(1)(c)(1) — 1 case
State of Iowa v. Noah Riley Crooks, 911 N.W.2d 153 (Iowa 2018).
“The statute, however, authorized the district court to defer or suspend the sentence and place the defendant on probation, with the level of supervision to be determined under section 901B.1 by the district department of corrections.”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(1)(c)(3) — 3 cases
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(2) — 2 cases
Kris Kolzow v. State of Iowa, 813 N.W.2d 731 (Iowa 2012).
“1(2) states community-based correctional programs are programs “including but not limited to an intermediate criminal sanctions program” under the continuum in section 901B.1 that are designed to “supervise and assist individuals .”
State of Iowa v. Montez Guise (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
“See Iowa Code § 901B.1. Each judicial district and judicial district department of correctional services is required to implement an intermediate criminal sanctions program “structured around the corrections continuum” with different levels of sanctions, programs, and services…”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(3) — 2 cases
State v. Pickett, 671 N.W.2d 866 (Iowa 2003).
“Iowa Code section 901B.1 sets forth a corrections continuum that consists of five levels: (1) noncommunity-based corrections sanctions; (2) probation and parole options; (3) quasi-incarceration sanctions; (4) short-term incarceration (less than thirty days); and (5)…”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(3)(a) — 1 case
State of Iowa v. Montez Guise (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
“See Iowa Code § 901B.1. Each judicial district and judicial district department of correctional services is required to implement an intermediate criminal sanctions program “structured around the corrections continuum” with different levels of sanctions, programs, and services…”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(4) — 1 case
State of Iowa v. Montez Guise (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
“See Iowa Code § 901B.1. Each judicial district and judicial district department of correctional services is required to implement an intermediate criminal sanctions program “structured around the corrections continuum” with different levels of sanctions, programs, and services…”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(4)(6) — 1 case
Kris Kolzow v. State of Iowa, 813 N.W.2d 731 (Iowa 2012).
“1(2) states community-based correctional programs are programs “including but not limited to an intermediate criminal sanctions program” under the continuum in section 901B.1 that are designed to “supervise and assist individuals .”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(4)(a) — 1 case
State of Iowa v. Montez Guise (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
“See Iowa Code § 901B.1. Each judicial district and judicial district department of correctional services is required to implement an intermediate criminal sanctions program “structured around the corrections continuum” with different levels of sanctions, programs, and services…”
— Iowa Code § 901B.1(b)(3) — 1 case
State of Iowa v. Montez Guise (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
“See Iowa Code § 901B.1. Each judicial district and judicial district department of correctional services is required to implement an intermediate criminal sanctions program “structured around the corrections continuum” with different levels of sanctions, programs, and services…”
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