Inmate serving time for crimes out of Pott. County since 1963 dies in prison

CORALVILLE, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports a man serving a sentence for crimes out of Pottawattamie County has died. 81-year-old Robert Kenneth Hammond was pronounced dead at 9:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026 in a hospice room of the Iowa Medical and Classification Center.

Hammond’s sentence began on April 16, 1963.