Iowa Code
Chapter 903 - MISDEMEANORS
Section 903.5 - Local facilities preferred for misdemeanants.

903.5 Local facilities preferred for misdemeanants.
In designating places of confinement of misdemeanants, the department shall make optimum use of local facilities offering correctional programs, where such are available. Where a choice of facilities is offered, a choice of the facility nearest the prisoner’s home shall be preferred, if such choice is compatible with the rehabilitation of the prisoner.
[C79, 81, §903.5]