A Message from the Director

The Fifth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services is a community-based correctional agency which provides a variety of services to approximately 9,000 offenders in South-Central Iowa. We provide supervision and treatment to offenders prior to conviction, post conviction, and for offenders in residential settings. We utilize evidence based practices to achieve our Vision of "A Fifth Judicial District With No More Victims."

The belief and values of the over 300 employees of the Fifth Judicial District are that people can change; offenders can become stable, productive citizens, and employees; that every person should be treated with dignity and respect; that our work efforts need to facilitate public safety, and that everyone must work as a team if we are to succeed. We base our services on those beliefs and values.

Our mission is to "protect the public, employees, and offenders from victimization, and, we seek to help transform offenders into productive Iowa citizens". We acknowledge that this work cannot be done in a vacuum and we rely heavily on the collaborative community partners that share in this work. We work closely with victim rights groups in order to be responsive to victim’s needs. We hope to expand our efforts at developing a more diverse work force, and therefore encourage minorities and people fluent in other languages to apply for either employment or volunteer opportunities.

Thank you for visiting our website.

Sally Kreamer
604 Locust St, Suite 317
Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 280-4220

5K for 5 Charities

The inaugural 5th District 5k Run/Walk for victim's rights will be on April 17th, 2010 at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. Click here to view the current newsletter. Click here for the website.
 

2010 ICA Spring Conference

The ICA 2010 Spring Conference will be held from May 5th — 7th at King's Pointe Resort in Storm Lake, Iowa. More Info
 

WWIC & JJ

The Women Working in Corrections and Juvenile Justice Conference will be held in Denver, Colorado from September 19th — 22nd, 2010 at the Denver Tech Center Marriott. More Info