IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Johnson County’s sheriff said the county has spent more than 15 million dollars over the past 20 years to house inmates at other jails because he doesn’t have enough room.

A consulting group told the Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday that repairing all the issues at the Johnson County Jail could cost upwards of $3 m ...

A new study shows it would cost almost "three and a half million" dollars to fix the outside and the infrastructure of the Johnson County Jail.

An 18-year-old pleaded guilty this week to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl last March. He faces up to 10 years in prison. His sentencing is set for March 24.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - The discussion over the future of the Johnson County Jail continues ... and the cost to house inmates at other jails because there’s not enough room.