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.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office will use the $1.7 million it was rewarded in the second round of ARPA funding to add 12-14 medical isolation cells to the Linn County Jail, which should help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the jail.
In an attempt to address employees stress caused by mandatory overtime, the Linn County jail reached a new agreement with its federal partners. The changes seem to have helped — the jail is seeing less overtime and fewer resignations.
The Linn County Correctional Center has adjusted its agreement for housing federal inmates in order to address overtime for deputies working at the jail.
An Oelwein man who testified against a meth dealer was brutally beaten in the Linn County Jail 12 days before the trial by convicted murderer Drew Blahnik and another cellmate. Federal and state authorities are investigating
The grief felt by families when a loved one dies is immense. When a loved one dies while incarcerated, that grief can be made worse by the way the news of the death is delivered.
Seven people have died while incarcerated at the Linn County Correctional Center since the beginning of 2020.
According to the news release, the man had been in the jail since April 29 and was checked on by staff 52 minutes earlier.
The woman was found in a jail cell Thursday morning by a corrections officer.
A woman being held at the Linn County Correctional Center died Thursday morning from an unknown medical emergency.
Linn County Jail inmates who had their sentences postponed in March 2020 in response to COVID-19 have been returning to the jail to finish serving their time.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday after allegedly robbing Smokin’ Joe’s and intentionally running into a clerk as he sped away from the tobacco and liquor store in a vehicle.
Jeremy Sneed, of Joliet, Ill., allegedly intended to kill a man in Marion with a firearm and the bullet instead struck a woman and injured her June 26 in Marion.
A Davenport woman is accused of lighting a fire in the back seat of a patrol car in Scott County while being transported to the Linn County Correctional Center.
Kameron Martelle Beets, 29, faces charges of third-degree sexual abuse, third-degree kidnapping, sexual exploitation of a minor, sexual exploitation by a school employee and invasion of privacy. He was being held on $65,000 cash-only bail, Linn County Jail records show.
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