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Iowa Code § 902.5 (2026)

Place of confinement

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The director of the Iowa department of corrections shall determine the appropriate place of confinement of any person committed to the director’s custody, in any institution administered by the director, and may transfer the person from one institution to another during the person’s period of confinement. [S13, §5718-a5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13963; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §789.16; C79, 81, §902.5] 83 Acts, ch 96, §130, 159

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1980–1997 · leading case: State v. Snyder, 336 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 1983).
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State v. Snyder, 336 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 1983). · cites it 8× “Actual placement of the prisoner is provided for in section 902.5: The director of the division of adult corrections shall determine the appropriate place of confinement of any person committed to the director’s custody, in any institution administered by the director, and may…”
Boge v. State, 309 N.W.2d 428 (Iowa 1981). · cites it 4× “” He cites section 902.5, The Code, which places authority for prisoner placement in the Director of the Division of Adult Corrections.”
State v. Morris, 416 N.W.2d 688 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 2× “” In the case of felons committed to the custody of the director, section 902.5 prescribes the place of confinement as “any .”
State v. Ryan, 351 N.W.2d 186 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “1 (2), the director of adult corrections is given statutory authority to determine the appropriate place of confinement for prisoners and the power to transfer a prisoner from one institution to another, Iowa Code § 902.5 . See also Deering v. Nix, 326 N.”
State v. LeGrand, 501 N.W.2d 59 (Iowa Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “2d at 567 (quoting Iowa Code section 902.5 (1981)). The trial court did not abuse its discretion in considering defendant’s history of substance-abuse-related offenses and evidence that he consumed alcohol on the date of this offense as factors in sentencing defendant.”
Deering v. Nix, 326 N.W.2d 267 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 6× “Iowa Code § 902.5 (1981). Petitioner agrees that the foregoing rules apply where the state exercises unfettered discretion in inmate placement.”
State v. Young, 292 N.W.2d 432 (Iowa 1980). “§§ 902.5, 217.13, 217.14(1), *437 The Code.”
Drennan v. Ault, 567 N.W.2d 411 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 902.5 (1991). 5 However, we have previously recognized that section 904.”
In the Interest of S.R., 548 N.W.2d 176 (Iowa Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 902.5 (1995). The Iowa Department of Corrections was established to be responsible for the control, treatment, and rehabilitation of offenders committed under law to the following institutions: Iowa correctional institution for women; Iowa state men’s reformatory;…”
Knapp v. Nix, 577 F. Supp. 565 (S.D. Iowa 1983). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 902.5 (1983). Notwithstanding the free hand given by the statute, another potential source of guidelines is the Iowa Administrative Code.”
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