356.36 - JAIL STANDARDS.

        356.36  JAIL STANDARDS.         The Iowa department of corrections, in consultation with the Iowa      state sheriff's association, the Iowa association of chiefs of police      and peace officers, the Iowa league of cities, and the Iowa board of      supervisors association, shall draw up minimum standards for the      regulation of jails, alternative jails, facilities established      pursuant to chapter 356A and municipal holding facilities.  When      completed by the department, the standards shall be adopted as rules      pursuant to chapter 17A.         The sole remedy for violation of a rule adopted pursuant to this      section, is by a proceeding for compliance initiated by request to      the Iowa department of corrections.  A violation of a rule does not      permit any civil action to recover damages against the state of Iowa,      its departments, agents, or employees or any county, its agents or      employees, or any city, its agents or employees.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, § 356.37--356.43; C81, § 356.36; 82      Acts, ch 1133, § 1] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 96, § 114, 159; 84 Acts, ch 1127, § 1; 95 Acts, ch 3,      §3         Referred to in § 356.37, 356.43, 356A.7