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The Pottawattamie County Jail, also known as 'Squirrel Cage Jail' in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States was built in 1885 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1] The building is one of three extant “squirrel cage jails,” also known as rotary jails. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2023.
Location of Pottawattamie County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Pottawattamie County is served by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office consisting of 51 sworn deputies, 13 reserve deputies, 92 detention officers and eight civilian support staff. Its headquarters is located in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Pottawattamie County Jail; R. Red Oak Firehouse and City Jail; Ringgold County Jail; S. Scott County Jail (Iowa) T. Tama County Jail This page was last edited on ...
County offices were located on the first floor, court functions on the second, and a jail was located in the basement. That structure became unsafe and was replaced by a stone Beaux Arts-style building in 1888. Voters gave their approval of the project on March 10, 1885. The county rented space in the Masonic Temple during construction.
Five members of the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center Trust discussed Bobby Thompson’s annual review behind closed doors. They then gave him a raise.
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The Pottawattamie County Jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa, remained in use until December 1969. The rotary mechanism was disabled as late as 1960, following an incident where an inmate died of natural causes but the body could not be retrieved for two days due to a malfunction in the mechanism.