The Idaho Department of Correction's (IDOC) mission is to Protect Idaho through Safety, Accountability, Partnerships and Opportunities for Offender Change. IDOC is responsible for the incarceration and community supervision of felony offenders in Idaho. The department operates eight prisons, five community work centers and numerous probation and parole offices. In addition, the department monitors the contracts between the state of Idaho and two privately-run prisons south of Boise. The agency has its headquarters in Boise.[1]
IDOC employs about 1,500 people. Most of them are correctional officers and probation and parole officers. They are all certified peace officers and train at the Peace Officer Standards Training Academy in Meridian.
IDOC comprises two divisions – the Operations Division and the Management Services Division. Each division is led by a chief who is named by the director. The Operations Division chief is responsible for the incarceration and community supervision of offenders. The Management Services Division chief is responsible for human resource services, fiscal services, information technology, construction and contract monitoring and contract administration.
The Department handles adult felons sentenced by the courts. Felon caseload can be broken down into four categories:
The South Boise Prison Complex is a complex located in unincorporated Ada County, near Kuna. It has six prison facilities and one community work center.[2]
The Correctional Alternative Placement Program (CAPP) facility[3] opened July 1, 2010. Management Training Corporation built the facility and operates the program. CAPP offers intensive treatment programs for substance abuse and cognitive issues for up to 432 low to moderate risk male offenders needing substance abuse treatment. It houses three different groups of offenders: probationers, parolees and retained jurisdiction.
Idaho Correctional Center (ICC)[4] opened in July 2000 as the first state-owned, privately run facility. It was built on state property by the Corrections Corp. of America (CCA) and is currently run by CCA. It houses medium and minimum custody male offenders.
Idaho State Correctional Institution (ISCI)[5] () is a prison for long-term male, medium-custody offenders. It is the oldest operating prison in Idaho. It also has special-use beds for infirmary, outpatient mental health and geriatric offenders. ISCI was opened in 1973, after riots destroyed much of the Idaho State Penitentiary.
The institution is surrounded by a double fence, which is patrolled by sentry dogs. There also are seven towers to monitor perimeter security and offender movement. The compound includes a chapel, recreation center, school, large correctional industries operation and a medical clinic.
ISCI also hosts an Inmate Dog Alliance of Idaho program. This program takes dogs from the Humane Society, and places them with an inmate. The goal of the program is to rehabilitate the dogs, so they can be put up for adoption, as well as providing therapeutic advantages for the offenders.
This facility has a safe operating capacity of 1,490.
In 1986, infamous killer Claude Dallas escaped from ISCI, walking out with a group of visitors. This escape spurred an almost year long man hunt that ended in California.[6]
Idaho Maximum Security Institution (IMSI)[7] is a high-security state prison. It opened in November 1989 to confine Idaho's most violent offenders.
The compound is located within a double perimeter fence reinforced with razor wire, an electronic detection system and a 24-hour armed perimeter patrol. The offender population includes a large number of mental health offenders, including subjects of civil commitments. Thirty beds are dedicated for prisoners with acute mental illness. IMSI has restrictive housing beds dedicated to administrative segregation, disciplinary detention and death row. The remaining beds are allocated for close-custody general population offenders.
South Boise Women's Correctional Center (SBWCC)[8] opened in March 2002 at the site of a former community work center. It is a program-specific, minimum-custody facility designed for female offenders sentenced to a retained jurisdiction commitment by the court. It provides a sentencing alternative for the courts to target those offenders who might, after a period of programming and evaluation, be viable candidates for probation rather than incarceration. This facility has a safe operating capacity of 248.
South Idaho Correctional Institution (SICI)[9] is a minimum-security prison. It receives mail through a post office box in Boise. SICI is a working facility, which houses male minimum-custody offenders in a dormitory setting. Every offender is assigned a job and is expected to work whether inside or outside the facility compound. Road crews for the Idaho Transportation Department and fire fighting crews for the U.S. Forest Service are located here. SICI also operates the final pre-release program for about 90 percent of offenders paroling from the system.
The South Idaho Correctional Institution-Community Work Center (CWC)[10] houses minimum-custody male offenders in a dormitory setting. Most offenders are assigned a job and work inside or outside the facility. Vocational Work Projects include road crews for the Idaho Transportation Department and conservation and fire fighting crews for the U.S. Forest Service. Some offenders serve as workers in the Correctional Industries program. It also operates the pre-release program for the majority of offenders paroling from the system.
Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino (ICIO)[11] is a modified old state school and hospital mental health building in Orofino, Idaho.[2][12] A new wing was added in 1988. It is a standard prison designed for male offenders of all custody levels. The facility also houses protective custody offenders. Until April 1994, the state's female offenders were housed in one tier here, but due to litigation, females are now housed at the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center. Offender work programs, including correctional industries, are coordinated with schooling, counseling and recreational opportunities. The facility has a safe operating capacity is 541.
Pocatello Women's Correctional Center (PWCC)[13] is a prison for women located in the southwestern portion of Pocatello, Idaho.[14] It opened in April 1994. It is designed specifically to house all custody levels of female offenders. The facility is the first of its kind for the Department of Corrections, and it is designed specifically to meet the special needs of female offenders and their programs. The facility has an operating capacity of 289 female offenders and houses all custody levels.
St. Anthony Work Camp (SAWC)[15] is located in St. Anthony, Idaho.[2][16] It is designed to house 240 low-risk, minimum and community-custody male offenders. The facility's primary focus is to provide a vocational work project opportunities offering full-time, constructive, paid employment to offenders. This is accomplished through contracted work and public service projects with government agencies, non-profit organizations and private employers. The program helps offenders develop good work habits, a positive work ethic and marketable work skills while providing a financial resource to meet immediate and future needs.
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