Idaho’s Prisons Are Full. Dept. of Correction to Request $45.3 Million to Open 3 New Facilities

Idaho’s prison boom is an unsustainable path

Idaho has an incarceration problem.The state prison system is short about 200 beds for women inmates, and Idaho’s entire prison population of more than 10,000 inmates is well over the total prison capacity of 8,200, according to a story by the Idaho Capital Sun.That’s why the Idaho Department of Correction plans to ask the Legislature in January for about $45.3 million to furnish and operate new prisons, adding nearly 1,000 new beds in the state…

Idaho’s prisons are full. Dept. of Correction to request $45.3 million to open 3 new facilities

KUNA (Idaho Capital Sun) — If a woman incarcerated at the South Idaho Correctional Institution in Kuna has a dentist appointment, she has to walk through the men’s side of the prison to attend it. To do that, correctional staff must shut down much of the men’s side, restricting everybody’s movement to get her to […]

Idaho’s prisons are full. Corrections agency will request $45.3 million to open 3 new facilities.

If a woman incarcerated at the South Idaho Correctional Institution in Kuna has a dentist appointment, she has to walk through the men’s side of the prison to attend it. To do that, correctional staff must shut down much of…