General Info

The Iowa Correctional Institution located in Mitchellville, Iowa, is a medium/minimum security prison for women. The facility houses inmates in dorm-like living units and celled housing. In addition, a 60-bed return-to-confinement facility provides intensive treatment and programming of repeat offenders who have violated the terms of their probation and parole. ICIW provides educational and vocational services to inmates, including adult basic education, special education for eligible individuals, G.E.D., and high school diploma certification. Internal work assignments and vocational training courses in painting and a dietary managers program provide vocational training opportunities. An Iowa Prison Industries print shop also provides on-site vocational training. The facility also houses an in-patient substance abuse treatment program.