Iowa Department of Corrections

Iowa Department of Corrections has lost 14 officers across 140 years on record. 6 — 42.9% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 13.3 percentage points below the national average of 56.2% for Correctionss.

4 officers were lost to accidents — 28.6% of this agency's fallen, compared to 18.2% nationally for Correctionss. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 4 officers who died did so in an accident.