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A salute to IDOC staff
Idaho State Correctional Center Lt. Vern Greenland, who leads ISCC’s morale task force, jumped on an idea proposed by Cpt. Dagoberto Martinez and put up this sign at the facility’s entrance as a way of paying tribute to IDOC’s correctional professionals.
Lt. Greenland writes:
Story published: 04/14/2020
ICIO’s part in COVID-19 sanitation
Recently ICIO completed a total sanitation deep cleaning of their staff wellness room.
A team of inmates wiped down all equipment, weights, door handles, faucet handles, counters, & etc. as staff set up two cleaning stations holding clean hand towels, bottles of disinfectant cleaner, and hampers for used towels.
At this point staff will be wiping the equipment down before and after use and an inmate team will be cleaning the rest daily, throughout each week.
Photos by Lt. Greg Heun
Story published: 04/13/2020
Thank you, donors!
We are so grateful to all the people around Idaho -- and even from across the country -- who are donating cloth masks and mask-making material.
On Monday, we were thrilled to see the donation box at the Idaho Department of Correction’s Central Office in Boise packed with donations dropped off by people over the weekend. IDOC’s emergency preparedness coordinator Bret Kimmel snapped this photo.
Story published: 04/13/2020
District 5 helps ease hunger during the coronavirus crisis
Westerra Real Estate asked us if we could deliver 30 boxes of food to people in need and PPO Guy Hibbs and Allan Raffs pulled it off.
They saw the need to help those on their caseload and others in the community. They dropped some off to the Burley office, and they went out and delivered to some of their folks.
“Hey, public help is what we do,” said PPO Guy. “Everyone was grateful.”
A big thanks to Westerra Real Estate for making this possible.
#teamIDOC
Story published: 04/10/2020
D-5 steps up to donate blood
Thank you, Probation & Parole District 5, for responding to Gov. Brad Little’s call for people to donate blood as the nation faces a severe blood shortage due to COVID-19 concerns.
“We have such awesome staff in D5. They are willing to help the community in any way,” says Colllin Widmier, D-5’s manager.
#teamIDOC
Story published: 04/04/2020
Thank you JPay for offering video calls!
We are so grateful to JPay for making video visitation possible in all IDOC facilities starting Thursday.
On top of that, JPay is offering the family and friends of people in IDOC custody one free 15-minute video call every month.
This is a new system, and we’re pushing our bandwidth to the limit, so please be patient.
We didn’t want to wait because we know how important it is right now for families to stay in touch.
Story published: 03/31/2020
IDOC extends suspension of visitation, volunteer programs
Following the guidance of Idaho’s public health experts, Governor Brad Little issued a statewide stay-home order today for all Idahoans.
In accordance with the order, the Idaho Department of Correction has extended the suspension of visitation and volunteer programs to April 15, 2020.
Eight people in IDOC custody have been tested for COVID-19. The results for all eight tests were negative. There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in any facilities operated by IDOC.
Story published: 03/25/2020
D2 steps up during severe blood shortage
Thank you, Idaho Department of Correction Probation and Parole District 2, for responding to Gov. Brad Little’s call for people to donate blood as the nation faces a severe blood shortage due to COVID-19 concerns.
Last week, the Governor’s office released the news release you see below calling on people to step up - and D2 did not hesitate to do so.
Story published: 03/24/2020
Eagle Pass Correctional Facility update
Like all Idaho Department of Correction facilities, visiting and volunteer services have been suspended at the Eagle Pass Correctional Facility in Eagle Pass, Texas.
A total of 610 men from Idaho are incarcerated there under IDOC’s jurisdiction.
All staff entering the facility are being questioned and examined for indications that they have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus and so far, there have been no indications the virus has spread to Maverick County where the facility is located.
Story published: 03/20/2020
Commissary warehouse gets a deep-cleaning
Here’s another way we’re working to keep the people who live and work in IDOC’s correctional facilities safe and healthy.
The company that provides commissary services, Keefe Commissary, has deep cleaned its warehouse and has been conducting morning health screenings of inmate workers and Keefe’s employees.
Story published: 03/19/2020
