{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-903.5","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 903.5","heading":"Local facilities preferred for misdemeanants.","body":"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.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 903 - MISDEMEANORS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/903.5.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:20Z","sha256":"df4d487c4da4fcc58a5168bdc60475f70de358bf0694ffe4197932423036bfb5","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-903.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-903.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}