The Iowa department of corrections, in consultation with the board of parole, shall
establish a work release program under which the board of parole may grant inmates
sentenced to an institution under the jurisdiction of the department the privilege of leaving
actual confinement during necessary and reasonable hours for the purpose of working
at gainful employment. Under appropriate conditions the program may also include an
out-of-state work or treatment placement or release for the purpose of seeking employment,
attendance at an educational institution, or family visitation. An inmate may be placed on
work release status in the inmate’s own home, under appropriate circumstances, which may
include child care and housekeeping in the inmate’s own home. This work release program
is in addition to the institutional work release program established in section 904.910.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §247A.2]
83 Acts, ch 96, §103, 159; 84 Acts, ch 1244, §1; 85 Acts, ch 21, §54
CS85, §246.901\n\nTue Dec 09 21:52:30 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 904 (79, 3)
45 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, §904.905\n\n 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1506; 87 Acts, ch 118, §3; 91 Acts, ch 219, §11
C93, §904.901
93 Acts, ch 46, §8
Referred to in §904.910, 906.1
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Notes of Decisions
Renda v. Iowa Civil Rights Comm'n, 784 N.W.2d 8 (Iowa 2010).
· cites it 6× “[4] Section 904.901 requires the department of corrections to establish a work release program in which inmates may be granted the privilege of leaving the correctional facility and working at gainful employment.”
Popejoy v. State, 727 N.W.2d 383 (Iowa Ct. App. 2006).
“pursuant to sections 904.901 through 904.909”); and see id.”
State of Iowa v. Anthony Eugene English, 987 N.W.2d 441 (Iowa Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 904.901 (emphasis added). So English’s position was similar to that of the defendant in State v.”
State of Iowa v. Mark Lee Jackson, No. 13-1105 (Iowa Ct. App. July 30, 2014).
“§ 904.901 (emphasis added). When the individual does not return to the institution after work, the DOC is required to provide for the housing of the individual.”
Melissa Lee Renda Vs. Iowa Civil Rights Comm'n, No. 08–0428 (Iowa June 4, 2010).
“§ 904.901. When working in such a program, [a]n inmate employed in the community under this chapter is not an agent, employee, or involuntary servant of the department of corrections, the board of parole, or the judicial district department of correctional services while…”
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