Idaho Department of Correction

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The Idaho Department of Correction's (IDOC) mission is to Promote a safer Idaho by reducing recidivism. IDOC is responsible for the incarceration and community supervision of felony offenders in Idaho. The department operates nine prisons, four community release centers and 20 probation and parole offices located throughout the state of Idaho. The agency has its headquarters in Boise.[1]

IDOC employs about 2,000 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 executive leadership team comprises of Kevin Kempf, Director, Henry Atencio, Deputy Director, Jeff Zmuda, Chief of Prisons, Terry Kirkham, Chief of Probation and Parole, Pat Donaldson, Chief of Management Services, Sharla Means, Human Resource Manager, Josh Tewalt, Budget and Policy Administrator, Teresa Jones, Statewide PREA Coordinator and Victims Services Manager, Jeff Ray, Public Information Officer, and Alan Anderson, General Manager of Correctional Industries.

Kevin Kempf joined the Idaho Department of Correction in 1995 as a correctional officer at Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center. He went on to serve in a variety of positions including parole officer, investigator, section supervisor, district manager, warden, chief of prisons and deputy director. The Idaho Board of Correction appointed Kempf director of the department in December 2014.

As director, Kempf oversees the entirety of IDOC’s operations including its nine prisons, four community re-entry centers and seven probation and parole districts. The department has an annual budget of $220 million and employs nearly 2,000 corrections professionals. They are responsible for the incarceration and community supervision of 22,000 felony offenders.

As Kempf has risen through the ranks, he has sought to remain close to those correctional professionals who have the difficult and often dangerous job of directly managing felony offenders on a daily basis. Kempf calls his frontline staff “unsung heroes.”

Kempf’s top priority is public safety. He works closely with the Idaho Board of Correction to hold offenders accountable while offering those who want to change the education and treatment they need to become law-abiding citizens.

In 2006, Kempf was appointed to the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision. The commission is the national organization that oversees the transfer and relocation of felony offenders across state lines. During Kempf’s six years as Idaho’s representative, his peers twice elected him to leadership positions. He first served as treasurer and later as vice president of the organization.

Kempf is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He came to Idaho in 1990 to attend what is now known as BYU-Idaho.

The Department handles adult felons sentenced by the courts. Felon caseload can be broken down into four categories:

South Boise Prison Complex

The South Boise Prison Complex is located in unincorporated Ada County, five miles (8 km) south of the Boise Airport and nine miles (15 km) east of Kuna. It has six prison facilities and one community work center.[2]

Correctional Alternative Placement Program

The Correctional Alternative Placement Program (CAPP) facility (43°27′42″N 116°14′08″W / 43.46167°N 116.23556°W)[3] opened July 1, 2010. Management and Training Corporation of Ogden, Utah 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 State Correctional Center

On 7/1/2014 IDOC took over ownership of the building from Corrections Corporation of America. The Warden is Randy Blades.

Idaho State Correctional Institution

Idaho Maximum Security Institution

Idaho Maximum Security Institution (IMSI) (43°28′47″N 116°13′24″W / 43.47972°N 116.22333°W)[4] 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

South Boise Women's Correctional Center (SBWCC) (43°28′54″N 116°13′51″W / 43.48167°N 116.23083°W)[5] 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

South Idaho Correctional Institution (SICI) (43°28′33″N 116°12′42″W / 43.47583°N 116.21167°W)[6] 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.

South Idaho Correctional Institution-Community Work Center

The South Idaho Correctional Institution-Community Work Center (CWC)[7] 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

Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino (ICIO) (46°29′31″N 116°15′39″W / 46.49194°N 116.26083°W)[8] is a modified old state school and hospital mental health building in Orofino.[2][9] 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.

North Idaho Correctional Institution

Pocatello Women's Correctional Center

Pocatello Women's Correctional Center (PWCC)[11] (42°50′33″N 112°27′02″W / 42.84250°N 112.45056°W) is a prison for women located in the southwestern portion of Pocatello.[12] 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

St. Anthony Work Camp (SAWC) (43°58′05″N 111°41′37″W / 43.96806°N 111.69361°W)[13] is located in St. Anthony.[2][14] 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.

Other facilities

Work centers

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References

  1. ↑ "Idaho Department of Correction - About Us." Idaho Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 14, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Locations." Idaho Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ Idaho Department of Correction - Correctional Alternative Placement Program Idaho Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ Idaho Department of Correction - Idaho Maximum Security Institution Idaho Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 14, 2011.
  5. ↑ Idaho Department of Correction - South Boise Women's Correctional Center Idaho Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 14, 2011.
  6. ↑ Idaho Department of Correction - South Idaho Correctional Institution Idaho Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 14, 2011.
  7. ↑ Idaho Department of Correction - South Idaho Correctional Institution Community Work Center Idaho Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 14, 2011.
  8. ↑ Idaho Department of Correction - Idaho Correctional Institution - Orofino Idaho Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 14, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Orofino city, Idaho." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 4, 2011.
  10. ↑ Roche, Kevin (November 15, 1974). "State signs lease on Job Corps site". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 16A.
  11. ↑ Idaho Department of Correction - Pocatello Women's Correctional Center Idaho Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 14, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Static Printable Map of Pocatello & Chubbuck." City of Pocatello. Retrieved on 4 June 2011.
  13. ↑ Idaho Department of Correction - St. Anthony Work Camp Idaho Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 14, 2011.
  14. ↑ "St. Anthony city, Idaho." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 3, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Twin Falls Community Work Center | Idaho Department of Correction". idoc.idaho.gov. Retrieved 7 August 2011.

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