Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 903.5 (2026)

Local facilities preferred for misdemeanants

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In designating places of confinement of misdemeanants, the department shall make optimum use of local facilities offering correctional programs, where such are available. Where a choice of facilities is offered, a choice of the facility nearest the prisoner’s home shall be preferred, if such choice is compatible with the rehabilitation of the prisoner. [C79, 81, §903.5]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1996–2000 · leading case: State v. Hawk, 616 N.W.2d 527 (Iowa 2000).

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State v. Hawk, 616 N.W.2d 527 (Iowa 2000). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 903.5 (emphasis added). In keeping with these statutes, Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 23(5) (b) directs that a defendant “shall receive full credit for time spent in custody under the sentence prior to correction or reduction.”

In the Interest of S.R., 548 N.W.2d 176 (Iowa Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “See also Iowa Code § 903.5 (1995) (establishes a preference for commitment to local facilities for misdemeanants).”

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