Amid a nationwide ICE crackdown, Nebraska immigration lawyers say their jailed clients — including some from Iowa — are spending more time behind bars while awaiting decisions from one of the nation’s most backlogged courts.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to approve an $850,000 settlement with the mother of a woman who died in the Linn County Jail in 2022.
The Linn County Jail last weekend began housing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement inmates through a previously established agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service.
A Grimes man being held in the Linn County Jail after an 11-hour standoff with police in February over a stolen dog attempted to escape custody Tuesday by attacking the deputies who were transporting him and another inmate to a dentist appointment, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office will resume housing federal inmates at the jail in Cedar Rapids one year after ending its previous agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service.
A Cedar Rapids woman was being held on a $25,000 cash-only bond at the Linn County Jail on charges related to an armed robbery of a Hiawatha gas station and liquor store in June.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested last week after police say he attempted to persuade, entice, coerce or solicit a law enforcement officer posing as a 15-year-old girl on a dating app into performing sexual acts.
Timothy Scott Towne, 58 of Cedar Rapids, was being held on several charges since Dec. 7 at the jail and faced a Feb. 24 trial, records show.
The inmate, who “had an extensive medical history and was serving time on several charges” since Dec. 7, according to the Sheriff’s Office, was not identified until notification of relatives.
For the first time in 40 years, the Linn County Jail is not housing federal inmates for the U.S. Marshals Service. The inmates were moved to other county jails in Iowa after the Marshals Service and the Linn County Sheriff’s Office were unable to reach an agreement on the cost to house the inmates.
A negotiation over the price to house federal inmates at the Linn County Jail may result in the termination of an agreement between the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and the United State’s Marshals Service.
The Linn County Jail may stop housing federal inmates for the U.S. Marshals Service if the two organizations can’t come to an agreement in the next few weeks.
A Oelwein man who was severely beaten and injured by two inmates in the Linn County Jail last year will receive a $85,000 settlement from the county.
Darrell Lee Lathum was found later that same day and returned to jail.
Local officials in Linn and Johnson counties are exploring solutions to potentially relocate jail facilities, as one county’s facility nears the end of its life while the other has years left, but sits in a less-than-ideal spot.
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