Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 906.16 (2026)

Parole or work release time applied

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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the time when a prisoner is on parole or work release from the institution shall apply to the sentence against the parolee or work releasee.

2. If a parole revocation hearing is held, the administrative parole judge or the board of parole shall determine the amount of time on parole that shall apply to the sentence against\n\nTue Dec 09 21:52:09 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 906 (24, 0) §906.16, PAROLES AND WORK RELEASE 6\n\nthe parolee. In making the determination, the administrative parole judge or the board of parole shall apply any time that has elapsed prior to the violation during which the parolee was in compliance with the terms of the person’s parole.

3. If a work release is revoked, the board of parole shall determine the amount of time on work release that shall apply to the sentence against the work releasee. In making the determination, the board shall apply any time that has elapsed prior to the violation during which the work releasee was in compliance with the terms of the person’s work release.

4. The time when a prisoner is absent from the institution by reason of an escape shall not apply upon the sentence against the prisoner. [S13, §5718-a18; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3792; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §247.12; C79, 81, §906.16] 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1523; 88 Acts, ch 1091, §5; 94 Acts, ch 1048, §1; 97 Acts, ch 125, §12; 98 Acts, ch 1197, §9, 13; 2000 Acts, ch 1177, §4, 5 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1979–2014 · leading case: Williams v. State, 280 N.W.2d 406 (Iowa 1979).

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Williams v. State, 280 N.W.2d 406 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 4× “A somewhat similar and even more restrictive provision now appears as section 906.16, The Code 1979. Cases from the federal coifrts and from other states indicate the credit Williams asks should be denied.”

Mills v. State, 308 N.W.2d 65 (Iowa 1981). · cites it 3× “Specifically, he claims that since a parolee is granted credit for time served on parole if a violation of its condition occurs, § 906.16, The Code 1977, 1 the State’s failure to similarly provide for credit for time spent under probation offends equal protection principles.”

Trecker v. State, 320 N.W.2d 594 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 2× “” Unlike revocations for parole violations, § 906.16, The Code, there is no statute expressly providing that time spent on probation is to be credited to a sentence upon revocation.”

State v. Canas, 571 N.W.2d 20 (Iowa 1997). “§ 906.16. In contrast, the time a probationer serves on probation is not credited as time served on the sentence of the probation *25 er.”

State of Iowa v. Mark Lee Jackson (Iowa Ct. App. 2014). “§ 906.16. Reviewing each of these sections together, we find Jackson was “confined” to a “penal institution” while on work release.”

Eric Antonio Wayman, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2014). “§ 906.16. Reviewing each of these sections together, we find Wayman was “confined” to a “detention facility or penal institution” while on work release.”

Eric Antonio Wayman, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2014). “§ 906.16. 2 Wayman’s appeal does not challenge the definition of confinement.”

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