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This is a list of state prisons in Idaho.There are no federal prisons in Idaho and this list does not include county jails located in the state of Idaho.. The state contracted with the Corrections Corporation of America to operate the Idaho Correctional Institution - Orofino until the state took back operations in January 2014. [1]
Idaho State Correctional Institution (ISCI), also referred to as "The Yard," is an Idaho Department of Correction state prison for men in unincorporated Ada County, Idaho, near Kuna. [2] Located in the desert five miles south of the Boise Airport , it is one of a six residential detention facilities known as the "South Boise Prison Complex."
With a capacity of 2,080 inmates, it is also the largest prison in the state, housing maximum, medium, and minimum custody male offenders. [ 2 ] In January 2014, Idaho governor Butch Otter announced that the state would take over control of the facility when the contract expired in June 2014, citing a long history of issues including violence ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
Two men charged in a brazen prison escape and ambush at an Idaho hospital that left three correctional officers with gunshot injuries were arraigned in Boise on Monday. Skylar Meade, the escaped ...
Meade had been serving a 20-year prison sentence for shooting a sheriff in a high-speed car chase at the time of his escape. Umphenour allegedly shot two of the officers to help Meade break free.
A murder suspect who walked away from a correctional facility in Idaho has been recaptured after a 24-hour manhunt, authorities said. In an update at 9:15 p.m. local time, the Idaho Department of ...
The Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) operates nine prisons, four community release centers and 20 probation and parole offices in seven districts located throughout the state of Idaho. The agency has its headquarters in Boise. [1] IDOC employs about 2,000 people under the leadership of Director Josh Tewalt.