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Iowa Code § 904.902 — Work release — persons serving mandatory minimum sentence
Current through 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.)
Part of Subchapter IX: Work Release, Iowa Code.
Full text of Iowa Code § 904.902
Statutory text current through the 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the official 2026 Iowa Code (Legislative Services Agency); it is not the official publication of the State of Iowa.
An inmate serving a mandatory minimum sentence of one year or more, who is approved to participate in the work release program, shall serve the final six months of the inmate’s mandatory minimum sentence performing labor in the program. Duties, if possible, shall consist of physical labor in plain view of the public. However, an inmate shall not be required to perform work which is beyond an inmate’s physical ability, which constitutes a physical hardship, or which is dangerous or threatening to the inmate’s life or health, medically prohibited, or unduly painful.
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