State of Iowa v. Iowa District Court for Jones County

WATERMAN, Justice.

In this case, we must decide whether a retroactive change in the Iowa Department of Corrections’' (IDOC) Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) policy violates the governing statute or the Ex Post Facto Clauses of the United States and Iowa Constitutions. ■ The statute provides that “an inmate required to participate in a sex offender. treatment program shall not be eligible for a reduction of sentence unless the inmate participates in and completes [SOTP].” Iowa Code § 903A.2(l)(a)(2) (2017) (emphasis added). The parties to this appeal disagree whether “required” temporally…