Iowa Prison Admissions

mydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 16 Sep 2024

This dataset provides de-identified individual admission data for offenders admitted to Iowa Penitentiaries and Correctional Facilities during the past 10 Fiscal Years. Dataset includes information regarding age, gender, race, years served, and offense committed.

Tags: offenders, prison admissions, prisons

This dataset has the following 16 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Record IDrecord_idtextUnique number assigned to each record
Offender Numberoffender_numbertextUnique number assigned to each offender
Admission Dateadmission_datecalendar_dateThe date where the offender enters Department of Corrections
Fiscal Year Admittedfiscal_year_admittedtextThe fiscal year the offender was admitted
Admission Typeadmission_typetextThe offender's admission type
SexsextextSex of the offender
Race & Ethnicityrace_ethnicitytextRace and ethnicity of the offender
Supervising Institutioninstitution_nametextThe Institution the offender was first placed at
Offense Codeoffense_codetextThe code found in Iowa law book for most serious crime the offender was convicted of
Offense Classificationoffense_classtextThe classification of the most serious offense the offender was convicted of
Offense Descriptionoffense_descriptiontextThe description of the most serious offense the offender was convicted of
Offense Typeoffense_typetextThe offense type of the most serious offense the offender was convicted of
Offense Subtypeoffense_subtypetextThe offense subtype of the most serious offense the offender was convicted of
Age at Admissionage_at_admissionnumberThe age of the offender when admitted
Date of Releasedate_of_releasecalendar_dateDate of when the offender was released from our institution.
Months Servedmonths_servednumberOffender's time in the correctional institution (in months).