Please note: FOIA requests submitted to the DOC should pertain to prisons, parole, probation, and work release.
Open Records Requests* (as defined in Iowa Code Chapter 22, AKA FOIA requests) can be submitted through the State Information & Public Record Requests site: https://iowaopenrecords.nextrequest.com/.
*As allowed by Chapter 22, fees may be assessed to the requester if the time to honor the request exceeds 30 minutes of staff-time.
The department requests that submissions be made through the State Information & Public Record Requests site in order to ensure a receipt of sending the request for the sender, and the proper receipt, handling, billing, and response to the request by the department.
Corrections' designated public records request responders:
Jen Rathje
(515) 802-0898