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

2009 ICA Fall Conference

The 2009 ICA Fall Conference, "Rolling with Resistance" will be held at Honey Creek Resort State Park at Rathbun Lake on September 10th and 11th, 2009. more info
 

2009 Congress of Correction

The 2009 Congress of Correction "Effective Re-entry is Good Public Safety" will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee from August 7th thru 12th. more info
 

Facility and Site Study

A study was undertaken with the purpose of providing a planning document for future infrastructure of the 5th District. more info