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Iowa prisons house fewer inmates
By The Associated Press
Published: 07/03/2008

IOWA - Des Moines - The number of inmates in Iowa prisons is down, due in part to a drop in the number of prison terms and fewer offenders returning for parole or probation violations, corrections officials said.

As of Monday, which marked the end of fiscal 2008, the state prisons housed 8,740 inmates. That's down 66 inmates from the year before and marks only the third annual decline in 12 years, said Department of Corrections Director John Baldwin. Read more.

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