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Advocates sue Black Hawk County, say jail inmate fees were spent for ice cream, cotton candy
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBlack Hawk County collects hundreds of thousands of dollars per year from jail inmates to pay for...
Jail charges a daily fee, then uses cash to rent cotton candy machine, Iowa suit says
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAs inmates process out of Black Hawk County Jail in Iowa, they’re handed a bill for their stay....
An Iowa sheriff's department spent some of its $600K income from jail fees on a cotton-candy machine...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe exterior of Black Hawk Sheriff's Office.Google Maps Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against...
Linn County to pay informant beaten in jail $85,000 in lawsuit settlement
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLinn County is paying $85,000 to settle claims from a man who was badly beaten at the county jail....
Iowa county jail's fees helped fund cotton candy and laser tag for department, lawsuit says
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoCivil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on Monday accusing an Iowa sheriff’s department of mishandling the collection of jail fees, some of which helped fund recreational expenses like ...
Arrest Made In Truck Ramming Of Protest For Abortion Rights In Iowa
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoProtesters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, fall as a driver careens into them during a demonstration against...
Davenport man faces murder charge in Black Hawk County shooting death
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA 31-year-old Davenport man is in custody on a $1.1 million bond after a shooting death in Cedar...
Pittsburgh woman charged with animal cruelty for allegedly trying to kill dog
WPXI via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA Pittsburgh woman was jailed after allegedly telling police she intentionally injured a dog because...
New Castle man accused of trying to kidnap girl from Lawrence Co. Fair
WPXI via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMatthew Fehling of New Castle is in jail after police arrested and charged him for trying to kidnap...
Should Polk County help pay for an offender release program the state took over? It says no.
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAfter state of Iowa takes over program aimed at keeping offenders awaiting trial out of trouble,...