ACLU of Iowa Reaches Settlement with Iowa Department of Corrections over False Positive Drug Tests

ACLU of Iowa reaches settlement with Iowa Department of Corrections over false positive drug tests

A settlement was reached in the case of three residents at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women who were wrongly disciplined for false positive drug tests.

Iowa prisons to change drug testing, discipline policies after settlement reached

Iowa prisons will change how they test inmates for drugs and discipline them after a settlement was reached Tuesday with three women who say they were wrongly punished based on false-positive drug tests.

Female prisoners reach settlement over random drug test results

Cheyanne Harris, formerly of Alta Vista, along with fellow inmates Amanda Gail Wright and Monica “Mo” Frances Fagan, said they suffered disciplinary action because of false positives in random drug screens in 2024.