Iowa State Women's Reformatory, Rockwell City

[today - North Central Correctional Facility]

The Iowa State Women's Reformatory was established in 1918. It was located one and half miles east of Rockwell City, Calhoun County, Iowa. It housed 77 women in private rooms who were sentenced to jail in excess of 30 days. In 1982 the reformatory was reconstructed as the North Central Correctional Facility. Today it houses approximately 500 men who are considered low risk offenders.

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Cottage No.3, 1920s	Admin. Bldg., 1920s	Power House, 1920s	Women's Reformatory
Iowa Women's Reformatory, 1928	North Central Correctional Facility	Aerial View, 1970	Aerial View, 2023

Sources:
1. Photos from the 1920s and 1928 are from the Noble Photograph Collection at the University of Iowa, Digital Library
2. Women's Reformatory, Rockwell City, Iowa, a publication of the State of Iowa, Department of Social Services, Bureau of Adult Correction Services, 1970
3. North Central Correctional Facility, Iowa Department of Corrections
4. North Central Correctional Facility, Wikipedia
5. Current aerial map of the North Central Correctional Facility, Rockwell City, Iowa, by Google Maps