Iowa Department of Corrections

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government agency state corrections department

The Iowa Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing prisons, community-based corrections, and offender rehabilitation within Iowa’s criminal justice system.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Iowa Department of Corrections canonical	5
Iowa state prison system	2
Iowa Department of Corrections facility	1
Iowa state correctional institutions	1
Iowa state correctional institutions division	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2777894 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Iowa Department of Corrections
Context triple: [Government of Iowa, hasAgency, Iowa Department of Corrections]

A. Indiana Department of Correction
The Indiana Department of Correction is the state agency responsible for overseeing adult and juvenile correctional facilities, offender rehabilitation, and community supervision within Indiana.
B. Maine Department of Corrections
The Maine Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing adult and juvenile correctional facilities, probation, and parole services throughout Maine.
C. Snake River Correctional Institution
Snake River Correctional Institution is a large state prison facility in Oregon that houses adult inmates under the supervision of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
D. Oregon State Correctional Institution
Oregon State Correctional Institution is a state-run prison facility in Oregon that houses adult inmates under the supervision of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
E. Oregon Department of Corrections
The Oregon Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and managing adult offenders in Oregon’s correctional system.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Iowa Department of Corrections
Target entity description: The Iowa Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing prisons, community-based corrections, and offender rehabilitation within Iowa’s criminal justice system.

A. Indiana Department of Correction
The Indiana Department of Correction is the state agency responsible for overseeing adult and juvenile correctional facilities, offender rehabilitation, and community supervision within Indiana.
B. Maine Department of Corrections
The Maine Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing adult and juvenile correctional facilities, probation, and parole services throughout Maine.
C. Snake River Correctional Institution
Snake River Correctional Institution is a large state prison facility in Oregon that houses adult inmates under the supervision of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
D. Oregon State Correctional Institution
Oregon State Correctional Institution is a state-run prison facility in Oregon that houses adult inmates under the supervision of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
E. Oregon Department of Corrections
The Oregon Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and managing adult offenders in Oregon’s correctional system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ state corrections department ⓘ
abbreviation	IDOC ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Iowa ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Iowa Board of Parole ⓘ Iowa Judicial Branch ⓘ linked to: Iowa state court system Iowa law enforcement agencies ⓘ community service providers in Iowa ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employerOf	administrative staff in Iowa corrections system ⓘ correctional counselors in Iowa ⓘ correctional officers in Iowa ⓘ probation and parole officers in Iowa ⓘ
follows	Iowa Code ⓘ Iowa administrative rules on corrections ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ
hasMission	protect the public by supervising offenders ⓘ provide offender rehabilitation and reentry services ⓘ reduce recidivism in Iowa ⓘ
hasOrganizationalUnit	Iowa state correctional institutions division ⓘ linked to: Iowa Department of Corrections community-based corrections division ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Iowa ⓘ linked to: Iowa
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	state agency ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Polk County, Iowa ⓘ
oversees	Iowa community-based corrections districts ⓘ Iowa state correctional institutions ⓘ linked to: Iowa Department of Corrections
partOf	Government of Iowa ⓘ Iowa criminal justice system ⓘ
providesService	educational programs for offenders ⓘ electronic monitoring supervision ⓘ mental health services for offenders ⓘ substance abuse treatment for offenders ⓘ vocational training for offenders ⓘ work release programs ⓘ
responsibleFor	community-based corrections in Iowa ⓘ institutional security in Iowa prisons ⓘ offender rehabilitation programs in Iowa ⓘ offender supervision in Iowa ⓘ parole supervision in Iowa ⓘ probation services in Iowa ⓘ reentry services for offenders in Iowa ⓘ state prisons in Iowa ⓘ
sector	corrections ⓘ criminal justice ⓘ public safety ⓘ
website	https://doc.iowa.gov/ ⓘ

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