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2022

2021

  • PWCC resident gives back
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  • ICIO thanks Clearwater County Road Dept.
  • No visitation at SICI Jan. 9-15
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  • TFCRC Holiday Donations
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  • Givens Hall greenhouse still producing
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  • East Boise CRC residents adopt a family for Christmas
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  • Visitation suspended for SICI's North Dorm
  • Visitation to remain closed at NICI
  • Another Inside-Out completion at ICIO
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  • Second IDOC walkaway back in custody
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  • Christine Hopson Retires From P&P
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  • ISCI resumes visitation Dec. 20
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  • D7’s Cumpton recognized for 25 years of service
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  • Board of Correction to meet Dec. 16, 2021
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  • East Boise CRC helps decorate for Winter Garden aglow
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  • IDOC investigators capture one walkaway, search continues for the other
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  • IDOC reports apparent beating death of ISCI resident
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  • Board of Correction to meet Dec.16, 2021
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  • IDOC seeks walkaways from Payette County work site
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  • SBWCC residents help restore fire-damaged wildland
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  • Looking for a New Career?
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  • KBOI-TV on IDOC and ICI’s partnership with CS Beef
  • Banner year for ISCC Sagebrush-in-Prisons Crew
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  • ISCI residents thank Board of Correction Vice Chair for sponsoring BSU human rights class
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  • ISCC offering visitation Dec. 6-17
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  • IDOC’s job-training programs win national attention
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  • ISCI suspends visitation
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  • IMSI clinician awarded scholarship to attend conference
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  • P&P PSI Manager Celebrates 30 Years
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  • NICI suspends visiting until Christmas
  • CRC Challenge Coin Winner
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  • Visitation suspended for ISCI’s Unit 9
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  • 5 questions for Ross Castleton
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  • Nampa CRC Residents Halloween Contest
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  • Treasure Valley CRC Residents Help the Community
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  • Facility Visiting Alerts
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  • Resident Dies at Idaho State Correctional Institution
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  • October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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  • Facility Advisory
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  • Twin Falls CRC Special Announcements for October
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  • Management Services staff volunteer at Idaho Foodbank
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  • "With three words she changed the way we approached every day"
  • ICIO gives a farewell to retired Lt. Carl Davis
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  • Visitation suspended for ISCI housing units 7, 9 and 14
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  • NICI suspends visitation
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  • Visitation suspended for ISCI’s Unit 7, Unit 14
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  • Crisis/hostage Level 1 training at D-1
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  • IDOC and GEO Reentry Services celebrate Idaho’s first Connection and Intervention Station graduate
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  • ICIO gardeners grow fresh veggies and win fair ribbons
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  • NICI to resume visitation Oct. 2
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  • It takes a village: various IDOC staff assist with COVID testing to keep residents moving through RDU
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  • Visitation suspended at ISCC
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  • SICI suspends visitation until Oct. 7
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  • ICIO honors Lanphier as employee of the quarter
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  • Idaho Falls police partner with D-7 for hygiene kit drive
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  • SICI visitation suspensions
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  • A Warm Thank You
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  • IDOC investigates apparent suicide of ISCC resident
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  • Visitation suspended for ISCI’s Unit 14
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  • September is National Suicide Prevention Month
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  • IDOC walkaway back in custody
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  • IDOC seeks East Boise Community Reentry Center walkaway
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  • September is National Suicide Prevention Month
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  • SICI resumes visiting
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  • ISCI resumes visitation
  • Visiting suspended at PWCC
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  • D2’s Peters recognized for 20 years of service
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  • Vintage typewriter returns to Old Pen
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  • ACSEA Annual Back to School Shop with a Sheriff
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  • 5 SICI residents join effort to help BPD officer’s family
  • Diaz, Hoagland recognized as SICI’s employees of the quarter
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  • IMSI staff awarded Silver Cross
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  • 90 years of combined IDOC experience!
  • Facility advisory: ISCC visiting
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - TRS II Jenny Pasko
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - PPO Grayson Wilkie
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - PPO Dallin Warnick
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - DARS Lee Anderson
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - PPO Tobin Bird
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  • D1 Carnival Makes A Splash!
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - PSI Devany Irvin
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - Lead PPO Jed Dayley
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - Section Supervisor John Everett
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - PSI Megan Marshall
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - PSI Stephanie Ross
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  • P&P Week Spotlight - PPO Shane Quinn
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  • D3 team participates in 4th annual Fire Truck Pull
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  • Cleaning Up Lake Lowell
  • IDOC walkaway captured in Twin Falls
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  • ISCC holds baby shower for three staff members
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  • EBCRC and SBWCC face off in softball tourney
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  • Walkaway surrenders, search continues for second man
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  • IDOC seeks walkaways in Canyon County
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  • Pride Month
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  • Nampa CRC donates 6 bikes and helmets to the local Boys and Girls Club
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  • IDOC walkaway back in custody
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  • IDOC seeks reentry center walkaway in Boise
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  • EBCRC residents gather supplies for people in need
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  • Connection And Intervention Underway In D1
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  • IDOC hosted the recent WSHNA seminar
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  • IDOC prepares to resume visitation at correctional facilities
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  • IF-CRC welcomes Alder as newest CCM
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  • IDOC seeks walkaway from Idaho Falls Community Reentry Center
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  • Gov. Little tours Connection & Intervention Station in Boise
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  • “Forever thankful for these three”
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  • IDOC CARES grant supports Day One program
  • UPDATE:SAWC resident who walked away from his job is back in custody
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  • This year, we have many reasons to thank IDOC's educators
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  • A time to stand proudly
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  • Welcome Correctional Officer Academy #83
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  • SICI implements new mentor program
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  • Have a question about corrections in Idaho? Ask IDOC
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  • ICIO residents knit beanies, mittens and blankets
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  • Update - ISCC disturbance
  • Disturbance at ISCC
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  • Walkaway caught in Minidoka County
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  • “Salute, Lanny, may the next journey be the best!”
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  • Welcome PPO Academy 31
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  • PWCC staff connect with kids through "Color with a Cop"
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  • IDOC seeks reentry center walkaways
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  • IDOC analyst honored for Citizen-Centric Reporting
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  • On the move at ICIO
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  • ICIO residents help the homeless with Project Warm Up
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  • IDOC seeks reentry center walkaway
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  • CPOF helps ICIO officer whose home was damaged by fire
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  • VFW honors ISCC’s Nicodemus
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  • SICI celebrates the retirement of Instructor Mary Ellen Nourse
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  • ICIO’s drug dog retires after seven years of service
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  • D-7 celebrates clients' success with Recover Out Loud event
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  • IDOC's Vaccine Clinic
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  • IDOC's Covid-19 Clinic
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  • IDOC Covid Vaccine Clinic
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  • IDOC Vaccine Clinic
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  • Drive-Thru Job Fair
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  • IDOC Fights Covid
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  • Recover Out Loud Tonight In Idaho Falls
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  • IDOC Works Together To Fight Covid
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  • Team IDOC Takes A Shot At Beating Covid
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  • TFCRC Residents Zooming In!
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  • IDOC In The Fight Against Covid
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  • NCRC's Reeder and Lusk Recognized For Years Of Service
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  • IDOC fights COVID
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  • Purses with a Purpose comes full circle
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  • IDOC investigates apparent suicide of IMSI resident
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  • IDOC seeks walkaway from Idaho Falls Community Reentry Center
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    2020

  • SICI's Moss retires after 20 years with IDOC
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  • D-5 staff help Santa deliver despite Covid
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  • TVCRC Toy Drive for Children's Hospital
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  • Six receive Years of Service certificates at ICIO
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  • Lunch Anyone?
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  • D1 helps spread holiday cheer
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  • IDOC Selected to Participate in Telehealth Pilot-Project
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  • Incarcerated man who tested positive for COVID-19 dies at Boise hospital
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  • See ISCI’s American Legion Banquet live
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  • Educators help finish sagebrush season at ISCC
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  • IDOC seeks walkaway from East Boise Community Reentry Center
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  • The American Legion Banquet saluting our veterans
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  • Reentry Center walkaway back in custody
  • 1500 Masks For Nampa Students
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  • D2 Thanksgiving Baskets
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  • Reentry center walkaway captured
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  • Volunteers create gift baskets for newly released women
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  • IDOC’s vocational training program wins accreditation
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  • See IDOC’s first-ever virtual GED graduation online
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  • D-3’s McManus honored as Top Instructor
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  • IDOC seeks walkaway from Idaho Falls Community Reentry Center
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  • Welcome CO Academy #81
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  • Incarcerated man who tested positive for COVID-19 dies at Boise hospital
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  • CARES grant-funding opportunity
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  • ISCI to host virtual graduation ceremony
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  • SICI thanks PO Stephanie Whiter for helping during staffing crunch
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  • ICIO honors its veterans
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  • Incarcerated man who tested positive for COVID-19 dies at Boise hospital
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  • IDOC Flu Fact Sheet
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  • D-7 staff receive Silver Cross Award
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  • 5 receive years of service certificates at ICIO
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  • Ribbon cutting celebrates opening of new reentry center in Twin Falls
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  • Givens Hall resident shows talent with the pallet
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  • Incarcerated man diagnosed with COVID-19 dies at Arizona hospital
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  • Welcome PPO Academy 30
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  • TV-CRC grows and donates pumpkins
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  • Gebhart honored as ICIO’s employee of the quarter
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  • ISCC’s Lemus runs for domestic violence awareness
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  • ICIO Ofc. Sean Nelson receives Silver Cross
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  • ISCC welcomes new officers
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  • October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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  • ISCI’s Laura Watson recognized as one of Idaho’s “Accomplished Under 40”
  • #BeThe1To follow up
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  • ISCC’s Operation Ice Cream
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  • #BeThe1To help them connect
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  • #BeThe1To keep them safe
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  • Welsh named manager of TV-CRC
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  • #Betheone2 - Be there
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  • Be the one to save a life: Ask
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  • Former IDOC director, NICI warden passes away
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  • SBWCC sagebrush team perseveres during challenging season
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  • September is National Suicide Prevention Month
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  • Hygiene kit donation drive promises new start for returning citizens
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  • Post Register: Police, parole officers collect hygienic supplies for returning inmates
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  • IDOC investigates prisoner’s apparent suicide
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  • Incarcerated man diagnosed with COVID-19 dies at Boise hospital
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  • Lechuga named manager of NCRC
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  • ISCI offers Mexican American heritage class
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  • Shout Out: ISCC educators are saving the sagebrush
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  • Incarcerated men at SAWC help crash victims’ families
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  • Cash Crop At ICIO
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  • IDOC Shout Out: Jed Dayley
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  • Community Resource For Covid-19 Testing
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  • IDOC Shout Out: Ryan Hertling
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  • Ada County Virtual Education Hubs
  • Welcome members of MTC Challenge Academy 4.20
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  • EBCRC walkaways back in custody
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  • Shout out to April Barroso, Case Manager, ISCI
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  • IDOC seeks walkaways from East Boise Community Reentry Center
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  • Probation & Parole District 5 welcomes new officers
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  • SHOUT OUT to Christina Kearney, ISCI
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  • Incarcerated man diagnosed with COVID-19 dies at Boise hospital
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  • SBWCC walkaway might have gotten ride at a Boise truck stop
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  • SBWCC walkaway captured in Rupert
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  • IDOC and MTC welcome 27 new correctional officers
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  • IDOC COVID-19 Response Procedures
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  • NCRC Picnic Table Project
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  • COVID-19 Mass Testing Update
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  • South Boise Complex on secure status to slow spread of COVID-19
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  • IDOC staff step up during pandemic
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  • IDOC investigates prisoner’s apparent suicide
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  • This year’s ISCI garden includes a pumpkin patch
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  • IDOC mask makers equip Hailey school’s faculty
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  • Johnson retires as IDOC’s director of Education Services
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  • ICIO garden update
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  • IDOC reaches mask-making milestone
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  • ISCI’s American Legion post produces a video
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  • IDOC mask-makers closing 50k masks
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  • North Idaho Correctional Institution now making gowns
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  • D3 clinician offers grounding exercise
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  • Nampa CRC residents create a drip system for cold weather crops
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  • They’re not letting down their guard at ISCI
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  • Mask project update
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  • ICIO expands its gardens
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  • Memorial fund created for fallen Bonneville County deputy
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  • IDOC seeks man who absconded from parole
  • Our thoughts are with Bonneville County
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  • Sagebrush in Prisons Program continues despite COVID-19
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  • ICIO inmate Thomas Helms talks about his 25+ years of incarceration
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  • An extra layer of protection
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  • Staff spotlight: Ofc. Josue Palacios, ISCC
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  • Staff spotlight: Kellie Bledsoe, NICI
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  • NICI’s Core honored with Silver Cross
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  • Staff spotlight: Cpl. Elizabeth Chappell, ISCC
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  • Thank you, teachers!
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  • Staff spotlight: Patricia Greene, Instructor, North Idaho Correctional Institution
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  • Staff spotlight: Lt. Steve Stelzer, ISCI
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  • Thank you, nurses!
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  • Staff spotlight: Stieneke and Randolph, IMSI
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  • Staff spotlight: Sgt. Dixie Michael Hoyt, IMSI
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  • Staff spotlight: Ofc. Arturo Tello, Idaho State Correctional Center
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  • Staff spotlight: Sgt. Quinn Matheson, Idaho Falls Community Reentry Center
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  • Staff spotlight: Ofc. Maribel Barajas, ISCC
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  • Staff spotlight: Lt. Vernon Greenland, ISCC
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  • Idaho masks arrive in Texas
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  • ISCC’s E-block dominates facility chess tournament
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  • SAWC celebrates 30 years in operation
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  • Students honored at SICI winter 2020 graduation
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  • Just 10k more to reach our goal
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  • American Legion post fights COVID-19 at ISCI
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  • How D7 is helping with reentry during the time of coronavirus
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  • IDOC works with CenturyLink and JPay to lower prices, increase content
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  • How ICIO blazed the trail for mask production by helping State Hospital North
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  • NICI reaches mask-making milestone
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  • Here's where to donate material to make masks and gowns
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  • Our case managers are heroes; here’s a shout out to one of them
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  • A salute to IDOC staff
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  • Thank you, donors!
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  • ICIO’s part in COVID-19 sanitation
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  • District 5 helps ease hunger during the coronavirus crisis
  • D-5 steps up to donate blood
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  • Thank you JPay for offering video calls!
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  • IDOC extends suspension of visitation, volunteer programs
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  • D2 steps up during severe blood shortage
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  • Eagle Pass Correctional Facility update
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  • Commissary warehouse gets a deep-cleaning
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  • CenturyLink to provide 2 free estamps and calls to help families with incarcerated loved ones
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  • ISCI’s American Legion Post 202 Answers the Call
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  • How we're responding to COVID-19
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  • Suspension of visitation and volunteer services to continue till April 1
  • Parole commission statement on upcoming hearings
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  • Visiting open at IDOC facilities
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  • Visiting and volunteer programs suspended at all IDOC facilities
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  • ICIO’s Alldrin recognized for 25 years of service
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  • More work opportunities on the way through Correctional Industries
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  • A success story: Ilia Dawson
  • IDOC statement regarding COVID-19
  • Feeling sniffly? Please skip visiting
  • ISCC visitation alert
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  • KBOI-TV: Idaho veterans helping veterans from behind bars
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  • ICIO Annual Blood Drive
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  • NICI's Ed Holthaus celebrates 10 years of service
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  • ICIO’s Special Projects team prepares for a new season
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  • Sergeant Adam Carrick celebrates 10 years of service
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  • CO Academy #77 restores plaque for POST’s 50th anniversary
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  • IDOC volunteers provide more than 26,000 hours of service in 2019
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  • District 7 Probation and Parole Recover Out Loud!
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  • ACE Program Graduation In D3
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  • CRC Funds Over 5,000 Meals At Food Bank
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  • IDOC investigates inmate’s apparent suicide
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  • Attending a parole hearing?
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  • Hard Work And Good Deeds From EBCRC
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  • Dress for Success helps prepare women for reentry
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  • Evening visiting only at ISCC on Jan 23
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  • ISCC Hosts Knowledge Bowl
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    2019

  • ISCC January visitation closures
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  • District 4 Shop With A Sheriff Event
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  • Santa visits Nampa Community Reentry Center
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  • District 6 Annual Toys For Tots Event
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  • Post Register: D7 provides necessities to newly released probationers, parolees
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  • SAWC inmates go Christmas shopping for their families
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  • Idaho inmates grew 70k sagebrush, bitterbrush seedlings in 2019
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  • IDOC walkaway back in custody
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  • IDOC seeks walkaway in Boise
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  • SBWCC: Special holiday visiting on Dec. 20
  • ISCI: Special visiting only on Dec. 21
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  • Two walkaways from IDOC retained jurisdiction program back in custody
  • Tip from alert ISCC officer leads to escapees’ capture
  • SBWCC's 3rd Annual Christmas Toy Drive
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  • Idaho Press: IDOC's one-stop reentry center 'bridging the gap' upon exit from prison
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  • Update: ISCC December visiting closures
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  • SICI to hold winter carnival Dec. 13-14, regular visiting suspended
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  • ICIO, 35 years ago
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  • 3rd Annual Thanksgiving Basket Donation
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  • Visiting canceled for ISCC E-block, Tier 2
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  • ISCC visitation closure
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  • Raising money for Toys for Tots
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  • ISCC inmates complete advanced dog-training course
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  • TVCRC Residents Donate To Susan G. Komen Foundation
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  • Dress For Success Visits SBWCC
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  • BSU's president speaks at ISCC fall graduation
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  • D7 group shares stories of recovery with students
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  • TVCRC helps Rake Up Boise
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  • ICIO inmate builds cat and dog houses for needy families
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  • Operation Kickstand provides bikes to inmates’ kids
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  • Reentry center residents pick up litter
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  • ISCI the Second Correctional Facility in Idaho to Charter an American Legion Post
  • 1st Annual Halloween Carnival at SICI’s Visiting
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  • Reentry center residents celebrate Halloween with their families
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  • Visiting canceled at ISCC on Nov.18
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  • District 7 opens “closet” for probationers and parolees
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  • Halloween visitation at ISCC
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  • NCRC residents make hats for Salvation Army
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  • Free2Succeed mentor creates “closet” for probationers, parolees
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  • NICI inmates make pet beds for pet-rescue group
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  • 9 IDOC staff complete CPM training
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  • ICIO’s Givens Hall inmates complete another big job
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  • Tewalt to lead national committee on reducing recividism
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  • No visiting at SICI 10/26, 10/27
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  • SBWCC revises visiting schedule
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  • District 3 Free2Succeed Mentor Enhancement Training
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  • ICIO recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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  • ICIOs Jordan Court Demolition
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  • IDOC investigates inmate’s apparent suicide
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  • ICIO Wins 1st Place for Float in Orofino Lumberjack Days Parade
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  • TVCRC Residents Donate $990 to Meridian Food Bank
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  • PEER Wellness Center's 5th Annual Faces of Recovery Concert and Rally
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  • "Sentences" 2019 ISCC Creative Writing Project
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  • ISCI Unit 10 visiting cancellation
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  • 2019 Education Scrabble "Spellabration" Tournament
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  • ISCC Inmates Participate in Nature Education, Habitat Restoration
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  • Correctional Educators Association Awards
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  • Playset Donated to Nampa CRC
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  • ISCC September visitation closures
  • IDOC investigates inmate’s apparent suicide
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  • No visiting at ISCC Sept. 23
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  • Community Information and Resource Fair will explore ways to help newly released offenders, others succeed
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  • Post Register: Taylor-Silva named state’s first reentry specialist outside Boise
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  • SBWCC inmates make scarves for homeless, baby hats for NICU
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  • New reentry center opens to help recently released inmates
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  • ICIO PAWS Program Gets an Obstacle Course
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  • Taking treatment outside
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  • Beat the Heat Event
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  • IDOC Honor Guard Serves in Tennessee
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  • Community Information and Resource Fair will explore ways to help newly released offenders; others succeed
  • Ada County Shop with a Sheriff Event
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  • School Supply Drive
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  • Close-custody visiting resumes at ISCC
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  • Our thoughts are with Tennessee
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  • Close-custody visiting suspended at ISCC
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  • Spotlight on an Outstanding NICI Inmate
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  • "Shop With a Cop" Event in Caldwell
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  • Inside Outside program comes to NICI
  • No visiting at ISCC Aug. 12
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  • D-3’s blessing box helps client start job on the right foot
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  • SICI’s Pleasant Valley Farm feeds families in need while giving inmates a taste of the real world
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  • ISCI’s annual bike and car show
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  • District 5 Recognition Awards
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  • Basic Tactical Medical Instructor Training Program Graduates
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  • Presentence Investigators Make a Difference
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  • SHN and ICIO Working Together
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  • ICIO Featured in the CPOF 2020 Calendar
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  • ‘I felt so much love': Strangers throw baby shower for newly released Idaho inmate
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  • North Region CERT-CNT training
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  • New season underway at SICI’s Pleasant Valley Farm
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  • Facility improvements at South Boise Women's Correctional Center
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  • ISCI Honors Jeffrey Collins for 30 Years of Service
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  • Efforts Continue to Beautify ICIO
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  • Bill Farmer - 40 Years of Dedicated Service
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  • ISCI Honors Gretchen Woodland
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  • No visiting at ISCC July 18, 19
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  • Happy Idaho Correctional Industries Day!
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  • VINE Maintenance
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  • Idaho Department of Transportation Training at ISCC
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  • ISCC Community Partner Patio Market Fair on Tuesday June 25, 2019
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  • ISCI holds 2019 graduation ceremony
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  • Alert: Problem with ISCI’s new visitation email address
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  • NICI’s Bill Farmer recognized for 40 years’ service
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  • Reentry center residents help Brush Up Nampa
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  • District 1 works with St. Vincent de Paul to improve reentry
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  • What inmates say about PWCC’s Unit 2
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  • North Region Honor Guard Performs at Prairie High School
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  • ISCC visiting cancellation
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  • Visiting cancelled at SBWCC on June 8 for a special event
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  • PWCC inmates help honor heroes
  • ISCC celebrates spring graduates
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  • Stone honored as NICI’s volunteer of the year
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  • ISCI promotes health and wellness through yoga
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  • 13 operators graduate from annual CERT Academy
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  • Ten Members of Prison Gang Indicted on RICO Charges
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  • Here’s another way IDOC helps inmates succeed when they’re released
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  • Errors in May COS Statements
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  • Mentors help with transition to life after prison
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  • Sagebrush season begins at SBWCC
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  • Reentry center residents sweep top spots in trail run
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  • District 2 Employee of the Quarter
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  • Visiting canceled for ISCC’s E-block, Tier 3
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  • Parole officer helps inmates prepare for their release from prison
  • SBWCC extends visiting hours for Mother’s Day
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  • Sr. Probation and Parole Officer Jaclyn Brumbaugh named District 2 Employee of the Quarter!
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  • Idaho Falls Community Reentry Center names Food Service Officer Jeremy Carroll as employee of the quarter!
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  • ISCC May visiting cancellations
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  • ISCC becomes the first facility in Idaho to have an American Legion Post
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  • Annual Penguin Plunge
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  • ISCI music program offers more than music
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  • Happy Administrative Professional Day
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  • TVCRC - Bird houses donated to The Idaho Deer Alliance
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  • PWCC makes quilt for Make-A-Wish
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  • SBWCC Inmates Celebrate Easter With Their Families
  • Veteran on cross-country walk gets IDOC challenge coin
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  • Free2Succeed’s newsletter shows how mentors are making a difference
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  • Probation and Parole District 5 employees help local habitat
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  • ICIO inmates get “real-life” financial training
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  • New Arcon instructors certified in North Idaho
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  • ICIO Special Projects continue with flood relief
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  • District 3 starts blessing box for offenders
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  • Rau honored as NICI’s employee of the quarter
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  • 2 IDOC crisis negotiators receive distinguished service award
  • NICI inmates learn horticulture and greenhouse management
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  • ISCC April visiting cancellations
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  • No visiting at IMSI on Saturday
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  • Volunteer seeks to spark inmates' interest in STEM
  • IDOC investigates apparent inmate suicide
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  • TVCRC Community Resource Fair
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  • New SBWCC visiting schedule starts Saturday
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  • New Certified Arcon Instructors
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  • Boise Bicycle Project extends to ISCC
    •
  • Inside Out: Prisoners and Students Working Together
    •
  • Workshop teaches Alternatives to Violence
    •
  • The Idaho Military Division requests help!
    •
  • ISCC launches Edovo tablet project
    •
  • District 6 Probation & Parole Promotions
    •
  • ICIO Sgt. Randy Higgins receives his 25-year certificate
    •
  • NICI Recognizes Citizens of the Month
    •
  • Kolibri Hardware Grant Program
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC Thursday
    •
  • IDOC launches DMV identification program for inmates
    •
  • The joys and pains of working as a parole officer, and why some say Idaho needs more
    •
  • Clarification to IDOC SOP: No paper money allowed during prison visiting sessions
    •
  • IDOC Receives 2018 Laserfiche Award
    •
  • ICIO’s Inside-Out continues to be of great interest
    •
  • ISCC vending machines now take cards, cash
    •
  • Group creates reading nook for inmate’s daughter
    •
  • Barrier named manager of District 3
    •
  • Idaho prisoners earning GEDs: ‘We’re showing people there’s a different way’
    •
  • No visiting at ICIO Feb. 7
    •
  • District 2 Employee of the Quarter
    •
  • Idaho Falls welcomes men and women returning from prison
    •
  • Donation to Nampa Salvation Army
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC on Friday
    •
  • New members of the Southern IDOC Honor Guard
    •
  • Honor Guard members represent IDOC at Provo officer’s funeral
    •
  • IMSI non-contact visiting cancelled
  • Lead Probation & Parole Officer Clinton Blettner, Outstanding Alumni
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC Jan. 23
    •
  • SBWCC honors Spackman upon his retirement
    •
  • Orofino High School Law Enforcement Appreciation Night
    •
  • North Region CNT Member Steps Down After 18 Years
    •
  • ICIO LIEUTENANT DOBLER RECEIVES HIS 20-YEAR CERTIFICATE
    •
  • ISCC visitation closures in January
    •
  • Santa Claus comes to Nampa Community Re-Entry Center
    •
  • ISCC visitation closures in January
    •

    2018

  • IDOC celebrates National Mentoring Month
    •
  • Good Citizen, Life Saving Award, District 5 Probation & Parole
    •
  • D-7 throws children’s Christmas party
    •
  • CenturyLink outage update
    •
  • Canines with a cause documentary released
    •
  • NICI's Richards recognized for 10 years of service
    •
  • Braun honored as Central Office Employee of the Quarter
    •
  • Update: Walkaway caught
    •
  • Treasure Valley Community Reentry Center donates money for children in need
    •
  • Pocatello Women's Correctional Center was host to Santa and Mrs. Claus!
    •
  • No visitation at ISCI on December 22.
    •
  • IDOC investigates apparent inmate suicide
    •
  • Spotlighting one of ISCC's officers
    •
  • Painting the Mental Health Room
  • Volunteers collect toys for inmates’ children
    •
  • IDOC groundbreaking college course completion
    •
  • FSO Jeremy Carroll 15 years of service
    •
  • ICIO inmates learning chess
    •
  • District 2 Probation & Parole hosts first children's Christmas party
    •
  • Volunteers deliver holiday cookies to IMSI inmates
    •
  • ISCC honors corporal for response to assault
    •
  • No visitation at ISCC on Friday
    •
  • Nampa Community Reentry Center Donates to Boise, Ronald McDonald House
    •
  • IDOC investigates apparent inmate suicide
  • IDOC's one-stop reentry center aims to ease transition from prison to society
    •
  • Congratulations to Jose "Oscar" Arguello for being selected as Section Supervisor, District 3 Probation & Parole
    •
  • Monica Kalar, District 2 Employee of the Year, Presented on November 26, 2018
    •
  • U.S. mail service delayed to IDOC staff, inmates
    •
  • Three Honor Guard regions combine
    •
  • Successful year for Sagebrush in Prisons Project
    •
  • Treasure Valley Community Work Center - "Rake up Boise"
    •
  • NICI holds graduation ceremony
    •
  • ISCI holds annual Life After Release Fair
    •
  • Tewalt appointed Director of Idaho Department of Correction
    •
  • Idaho Falls reentry center celebrates Thanksgiving
    •
  • D2 Gives Thanks
    •
  • ISCC: No visiting Dec.4-7
    •
  • SBWCC Inmates Participate in Annual Rake up Boise Event
  • Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run Conference 2018
    •
  • Atencio retires as IDOC director
    •
  • ISCC Close Custody Visitation
    •
  • Clifford named D-4 deputy manager
    •
  • Honor Guard teams combine to do a performance
    •
  • A Veterans Day Message from Director Atencio
    •
  • Phones, computers down at parole commission
    •
  • ISCC close custody visitation cancelled Nov. 12 & Nov. 14
    •
  • Baird recognized as manager of TV-CRC
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC on Nov. 13
    •
  • ICIO fall welding classes begin
    •
  • Veterans Day Salute
    •
  • Documentary filmed at ICIO
    •
  • ICIO visiting cancelled on Nov. 8
    •
  • ISCC close custody visitation cancelled Nov. 7
    •
  • Eight ISCC staff members certified as FTOs
    •
  • PWCC inmates make scrap-a-gan
  • NICI celebrates staff service
    •
  • ISCC visiting closed on Tuesday, Oct. 30
    •
  • ISCI hosts Halloween event for inmates, kids
    •
  • ICIO prepping for welding classes
    •
  • ISCC visitation cancellation
    •
  • ISCC to host pumpkin painting event for inmates, families
    •
  • Idaho inmates help with fire rehabilitation
    •
  • Two correction officers honored for actions to save local man struck by car
    •
  • Idaho inmates help save sage grouse habitat
    •
  • Race for the Cure Idaho Falls Community Reentry Center
    •
  • Idaho Veteran Finds Road to Redemption
    •
  • Jason Worthen Takes Second in Masters Class at Idaho Falls Powerlifting Meet
    •
  • IDOC staff honored with Silver Cross Award
  • Twenty-Five Years with IDOC
    •
  • Treasure Valley Community Reentry Center First Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event
    •
  • IDOC Honor Guard Team Bids Farewell to a Valued Member
    •
  • SICI holds Life After Release Fair
    •
  • Treasure Valley Community Reentry Center Residents Raise Money for the Idaho Food Bank
    •
  • Reentry Center Residents Raise Money for the Idaho Food Bank
    •
  • IDOC moves more inmates to Texas
    •
  • ISCC general population visiting closed through Sunday
    •
  • NCRC residents build training center for Special Olympics
    •
  • Inmates at Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino train service dogs for veterans
    •
  • Kootenai County Mental Health Court team visits NICI
    •
  • ICIO Givens Hall basketball court finished
    •
  • D-7 honors Staggie, Widerburg for going “Above and Beyond” with their recovery
    •
  • ISCC visitation closures
    •
  • Congratulations to IDOC leadership course graduates
    •
  • ICIO takes more ribbons at the fair
  • Work camp inmate caught in Idaho Falls
    •
  • Reentry Center inmate captured two months after escape
    •
  • Boise River Sweep
    •
  • Work camp inmate walks away from job in Newdale
    •
  • IDOC Honor Guard Member Completes US ARMY Course
    •
  • IDOC moves more inmates to Texas
    •
  • ICIO takes ribbons at fair
    •
  • ISCC visitation advisory
    •
  • PWCC inmates donate stuffed bears
    •
  • Clinical supervisor hits 10-years!
    •
  • Treasure Valley Reentry Center residents can now help their kids with their homework
    •
  • ISCC VISITATION ADVISORY
    •
  • PEER Wellness Recovery Rally
    •
  • Honor Guard
    •
  • ISCI recognizes staff for service
    •
  • SBWCC helps restore sage grouse habitat
    •
  • 4-H chapter donates stuffed animals and toys to inmates' children
    •
  • ISCC visitation closures in September
    •
  • Williams named District 1 manager
    •
  • Idaho prison inmates risk their lives battling wildfires
    •
  • PWCC celebrates the accomplishments of 36 inmates
    •
  • Visitation resumes at ISCI
    •
  • August 24, 2018
    •
  • ICIO A-block landscaping continues
    •
  • ISCI Visitation Cancelled
    •
  • ISCC inmates participate in a Summer Theater Group
    •
  • ICIO A-block gets new HVAC units
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC Sept. 5 and Sept. 14
    •
  • Sen. Nye visits Probation and Parole District 6
    •
  • D7 promotes Bird to lead PO position
    •
  • NICI’s AA2 Sheryl Westhoff retires after 30+ years of service
    •
  • 2018 Community Information and Resource Fair in Garden City
    •
  • Visiting canceled at IMSI Sept. 6
    •
  • The Weekly Beaver: Camas Prairie scenes adorn ISCC walls
    •
  • IDOC a family affair
    •
  • IDOC moves 105 more inmates to out-of-state facility
    •
  • Nampa-CRC residents help Habitat for Humanity build home
    •
  • Visitation canceled for ISCI Unit 11 today, Friday, Aug. 10
  • ISCC visiting alert
    •
  • D5 celebrates former parolee’s gold seal
    •
  • Free2Succeed featured at Idaho Falls Community Night Out
    •
  • NICI Firecracker 5K
    •
  • ISCI honors inmate for suicide prevention efforts
    •
  • IDOC represented at Minnesota CO’s funeral
    •
  • Taking a New Approach with Inmates Diagnosed With Dementia at ISCI
    •
  • ICIO raises money for animal shelter
    •
  • Pocatello Walkaway Arrested
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC on Aug. 8
    •
  • SBWCC creates inmate honor guard
    •
  • Visiting canceled at ISCC Aug. 10 & 13
    •
  • IMSI’s Vicki Hansen retires
    •
  • District 5 P&P Unveils Memorial and Award in remembrance of SPO Ted Babbitt
    •
  • IDOC seeks walkaway in Idaho Falls
    •
  • Pocatello Walkaway Arrested
    •
  • IDOC mourns death of Minn. correctional officer
    •
  • St. Anthony Work Camp Open House
    •
  • Probation & Parole Officers Make a Difference!
    •
  • ISCC visitation advisory
    •
  • PWCC honors staff for service
    •
  • D-6 staff help paint senior citizens’ homes
    •
  • Resource fair will explore ways to help newly released offenders; others succeed
  • TVCRC residents help Paint the Town
    •
  • ICIO annual fishing day another success
    •
  • IDOC signs agreement for use of Texas prison
    •
  • NICI honors Jefferson as supervisor of the year
    •
  • ICIO has staff/inmate baseball game with a twist
    •
  • Nampa reentry center residents help “brush up” Nampa
    •
  • SBWCC visiting advisory
    •
  • IDOC displays ICIO inmate’s artwork
    •
  • Visiting cancelled at ISCI
    •
  • Idaho Department of Correction sends 56 more inmates to Texas
    •
  • ISCC and Corizon staff honored for saving inmate’s life
    •
  • Inmate artwork on display in IDOC board room
    •
  • ISCI ceremony celebrates educational achievements
    •
  • ICIO school holds new class for inmates
    •
  • IDOC welcomes new canine team
    •
  • SBWCC plants garden
    •
  • Taylor named D-7 section supervisor
    •
  • ISCC visitation advisory
    •
  • Congressional reps visit D-6
    •
  • CERT welcomes 10 new operators
    •
  • Widmier named D-5 manager
    •
  • ICIO inmate turns shipping pallets into furniture
    •
  • Register now for 2018 offender resource fair
    •
  • The justice of hope: Innovative program finds mentors and role models for returning citizens
    •
  • Visiting cancelled at ISCC on May 23
    •
  • IMSI inmates make quilts and pillows for Ronald McDonald House
    •
  • NCR residents help out the Nampa Highway District
    •
  • ICIO celebrates Correctional Professionals Week
    •
  • Kelsi Banta honored as District 2’s EOQ
    •
  • Marathon training program at ISCI
    •
  • IMSI kicks off Correctional Professionals Week
    •
  • Boise TV station reports on SBWCC's cat fostering program
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC on May 9
    •
  • ISCC’s Braille program celebrates milestone
    •
  • Nampa CRC participates in “Adopt a Highway Project”
    •
  • Susan Stamper receives Extra Mile Award
    •
  • Michael Dinardo receives Cutting Edge Award
    •
  • Emmett Wilson receives Audrey Spence Award for dedicated service to IDOC
    •
  • PWCC event prepares inmates for release
    •
  • Tech Talk brings 21st century technology to SICI Education
    •
  • Stephen Heidt receives CapEd grant
    •
  • ISCC Creative Writing Project
    •
  • Idaho State Correctional Institution inmate dies of apparent suicide
    •
  • PWCC inmates make ‘comforting devices’ for cancer patients
    •
  • Statement by Director Henry Atencio regarding the indictment of four correctional officers
    •
  • Idaho Maximum Security Institution inmate dies of apparent suicide
  • Idaho Falls Community Reentry Center resident back in custody
    •
  • ISCC holds “mini fair” to help prepare inmates for release
    •
  • TVCRC residents get gardening lesson
    •
  • ICIO inmates recognized for rendering aid
    •
  • IDOC searching for inmate from Idaho Falls Community Reentry Center
    •
  • ISCC, Nampa-CRC offenders celebrate Easter with families
    •
  • Reentry center helps offenders file taxes
    •
  • Idaho Department of Correction investigates disruption by Idaho inmates at out-of-state prison
    •
  • ISCC prepares inmates for release with special visitation night
    •
  • IFCRC offenders learn fly-tying as a “pro-social activity”
    •
  • PWCC providing inmates with “success kits” as they are released
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC April 3-4
    •
  • PWCC officers honored for saving inmates’ lives
    •
  • ISCC officer, Corizon staff honored for saving inmate’s life
    •
  • IMSI, Corizon staff honored for saving inmate's life following suicide attempt
    •
  • IMSI corporal honored for saving choking inmate’s life
    •
  • Inmates arrive safely in Texas
    •
  • ISCC visiting cancellation
    •
  • Idaho Department of Correction to send 100 more inmates to Texas
    •
  • Giving Back: Parolee develops reentry boxes for newly released offenders
    •
  • Inmate assaults staff member at Idaho State Correctional Institution
    •
  • PWCC inmates help with Simplot Games
    •
  • University students to visit NICI during spring break
    •
  • Visiting canceled at ISCC March 6 - 9
    •
  • IDOC's mentor program seeks to reduce recidivism
    •
  • ICIO Special Projects prepping for 2018 season
    •
  • Double ceremonies highlight SICI graduation day
    •
  • IDOC educators testify before Senate Education Committee
    •
  • EBCRC teams up with The Phoenix to promote sobriety through fitness
    •
  • Idaho inmates arrive safely in Texas
    •
  • Times-News: Magic Valley probation officers try new approach
    •
  • ICIO Special Projects adopts 4 miles of highway
    •
  • Visiting canceled at NICI
    •
  • ICIO advanced welding program begins
    •
  • Idaho Department of Correction to send up to 250 inmates to Texas
    •
  • Three NICI officers awarded IDOC’s Silver Cross
    •
  • D6 celebrates Limb’s graduation from drug court
    •
  • Visiting canceled at PWCC on Feb. 8-9
    •
  • PWCC inmates make Valentine’s cards for veterans, seniors, cancer patients
    •
  • SBWCC warden, inmates support Correctional Industries at statehouse
    •
  • Inmate dies after collapsing at Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino
    •
  • 3 graduate from Power County Drug Court
    •
  • NICI education volunteer honored as “Brightest Star”
    •
  • IDOC volunteer, community activist, and District 7 AmeriCorps VISTA member honored as “Brightest Star”
    •
  • Visiting resumes Friday at ISCC
    •
  • IDOC’s volunteer program grew in 2017
    •
  • Visiting to resume Thursday at IMSI, ISCI
    •
  • SBWCC collects clothes for women nearing release
    •
  • ICIO-Special Projects turns 22 this year
    •
  • ICIO updates visiting schedule
    •
  • Update: South Boise Correctional Complex
    •
  • Update: South Boise Correctional Complex
    •
  • ICIO visitation alert
    •
  • Update: South Boise Correctional Complex
    •
  • Update: South Boise Correctional Complex
    •
  • SBWCC visitation alert
    •
  • Update: South Boise Correctional Complex
    •
  • South Boise Correctional Complex update
    •
  • ISCI locked down following morning altercations
    •
  • FAQs regarding the South Boise Correctional Complex
    •
  • Update: South Boise Correctional Complex
    •
  • IDOC prisons south of Boise on secure status following second disturbance
    •
  • South Boise Correctional Complex visitation advisory
    •
  • IDOC asks Ada County Sheriff’s Office to help investigate disturbance at prison
    •
  • All weekend visiting canceled for IMSI
  • Inmates make weighted blankets for people in need
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC 1/9 - 1/11
    •
  • PWCC staff support Idaho Foodbank
    •
  • IDOC Celebrates National Mentoring Month
    •

    2017

  • D-4 PO solves girl’s Christmas party dilemma
    •
  • SBWCC ladies write letters for Make-A-Wish
    •
  • D-5’s Burley office brings Christmas cheer to 3 families
    •
  • D-6 serves 120 kids at 3rd annual Christmas party
    •
  • D-7’s toy drive brightens holidays for offenders, families
    •
  • ISCC’s braille program helps bring Christmas concert to life
    •
  • ICIO inmates participate in wreath-making contest
    •
  • PWCC officer, wife help Toys for Tots
    •
  • SBWCC holds Christmas lighting ceremony
    •
  • TV-CRC residents raise $1,800 for Toys for Tots
    •
  • PWCC’s Winter Wonderland brings together inmates, families
    •
  • IDOC staff ‘shop with a sheriff’ in Ada County
    •
  • The ICIO welding program is back
    •
  • SBWCC to offer special holiday visiting session
    •
  • SAWC participates in Shop-with-a-Cop event
    •
  • PWCC inmates to participate in adult education program
    •
  • Idaho escapee captured after 19 years
  • SBWCC visiting cancellation
    •
  • IMSI inmates’ kids to get Christmas stockings during prison visit
    •
  • Special visiting hours at PWCC on 12/16, 12/17
    •
  • Turkey Trot helps inmates develop healthy activity that encourages sobriety
    •
  • Probation & Parole staff help families celebrate Thanksgiving
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC 12/5 thru 12/8
    •
  • Inmate dies at Idaho State Correctional Center
    •
  • ACE program geared to keep parolees out of prison
    •
  • Special visiting session offered at PWCC's Unit 1 on day after Thanksgiving
    •
  • Staff and inmates recognize veterans at ICIO
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC on Nov. 15
    •
  • Inmate color guard at NICI a “proud tradition”
    •
  • New desks offer new opportunities for IMSI inmates
    •
  • PWCC officers honored with Good Citizen Award
    •
  • Probation and Parole officer rescues woman before car explodes
    •
  • Students honored at SICI fall graduation
    •
  • Young IMSI visitors invited to wear Halloween costumes
    •
  • Idaho Department of Correction holds career fair Oct. 16
    •
  • Idaho inmates work to restore sage grouse habitat
    •
  • Two ISCC officers honored with Silver Cross
  • No visiting at ISCC this Saturday
    •
  • ISCI holds Life After Release Fair
    •
  • Hats off to District 3 Probation & Parole’s ACE Program!
    •
  • Inmate dies following assault at prison south of Boise
    •
  • Pastor uses untrained horse to inspire SBWCC inmates
    •
  • ICIO inmates take 20 blue ribbons at the Clearwater County Fair
    •
  • Event brings together groups to reduce recidivism
    •
  • Women at the SICI-PRC learn yoga
    •
  • SBWCC visiting hours changed on Sept. 16
    •
  • NICI to make weighted blankets
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC on Sept. 23
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC Sept. 12-15
    •
  • VISTA Announcement
    •
  • Lawyers volunteer at SBWCC, SICI-PRC
    •
  • The Lewiston Tribune: Free to garden
    •
  • Press-Tribune: Inmates learn skills at Caldwell farm
    •
  • IDOC staff take kids school shopping
    •
  • ISCI inmate dies of apparent suicide
    •
  • East Boise resident awarded Certificate of Awesomeness
    •
  • Seventh annual resource fair will explore ways to help newly released offenders, others succeed
  • Cooking up new skills and hope
    •
  • A second chance: Former drug offender receives pardon
    •
  • Resource fair will explore ways to help newly released offenders, others succeed
  • Armstrong named warden at SAWC
    •
  • ICIO inmates complete fire school
    •
  • ICIO Givens Hall basketball court
    •
  • No visitation at ISCC 7/11 - 7/13
    •
  • An inmate success story: James Luker
    •
  • IDOC seeks walkaway from construction site
    •
  • No visiting for ISCC's G-3 and G-4 on June 20
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC on June 19
    •
  • Hobson named deputy chief of Probation and Parole
    •
  • ISCC visiting cancelled June 6 - June 9
  • New today: ISCC G-6 visiting cancellation
  • Inmate dies of natural causes
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC on May 19
    •
  • Visiting canceled at IMSI
  • IDOC investigates assault at maximum security institution
    •
  • Castleton named Deputy Chief of Division of Prisons
  • Visiting canceled for ISCC’s G-2 housing unit
    •
  • St. Anthony Inmate Back in Custody
    •
  • No visiting for ISCC's DEF units on April 24
    •
  • Visiting cancelled at ISCI
    •
  • IDOC investigates death of inmate at IMSI
    •
  • IDOC investigates death of inmate at IMSI
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC April 11 - 13
    •
  • Birch named chief of Probation and Parole
  • Visiting canceled at all IDOC prisons April 6 - 9
    •
  • Dowell named chief of IDOC’s Division of Prisons
    •
  • Visiting canceled at ISCC March 7 – 10
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC on Feb. 21
    •
  • IDOC inmates help Idaho communities with snow removal
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC on Monday
    •
  • ISCI inmate dies of apparent suicide
    •
  • Visitation canceled for ISCC's O-pod
    •
  • Visiting canceled at ISCC on Feb. 6
    •
  • ISCI's vending machines for visitors now accept cards, cash
    •
  • Free2Succeed Update
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC Jan. 9 - 11
    •

    2016

  • IDOC investigates death of inmate at IMSI
    •
  • Idaho Department of Correction’s deputy director chosen to lead department
    •
  • IDOC director to lead national correctional organization
    •
  • ISCI visiting cancelation
    •
  • ISCI to host Christmas event for children, grandchildren
    •
  • ISCC phone service restored
  • ISCC visitation closure
    •
  • New visiting schedule at ICIO
    •
  • ISCI inmate dies of apparent suicide
    •
  • ICIO visitation alert
    •
  • Inmates grow sagebrush to restore sage grouse habitat
    •
  • ISCC visitation alert
    •
  • ISCI holds Life After Release Fair
    •
  • ISCI visiting closures
    •
  • New address for District 7 Probation and Parole
    •
  • Visitation closures at ISCI
    •
  • Resource fair will explore ways to help newly released offenders; others succeed
    •
  • Inmate dies at Idaho Maximum Security Institution
    •
  • Cops and firefighters to face off in 2nd annual Guns ‘n Hoses football game
    •
  • Board honors officer for going above and beyond
    •
  • Board honors sergeant for bravery
    •
  • Walkaway back in custody
    •
  • Access Corrections accepts financial transactions for IDOC
    •
  • Inmate dies at Idaho State Correctional Institution
    •
  • Update on the new inmate account system
    •
  • When contacting Access Corrections...
  • ISCI cancels 2 visiting sessions for this Thursday
    •
  • ISCC visitation closure
    •
  • New system will make deposits to inmate trust accounts easier
    •
  • Fee schedule for electronic deposits to inmate accounts
    •
  • Fight prompts partial lockdown of IMSI
    •
  • ISCC visitation closure
    •
  • Visiting cancellations at ISCC
    •
  • IDOC to reduce cost of inmate phone calls by 22 percent
    •
  • IDOC seeks mentors for offenders in the Lewiston area
    •
  • Inmate death under investigation
    •
  • Idaho Victim Services helps victims stay informed
    •
  • ISCC Friday 6 p.m. visiting session canceled
    •
  • ISCC visitation closure
    •
  • IDOC invites eastern Idaho volunteer groups to Free2Succeed meeting
  • ISCC visiting closed March 7 thru March 10
  • IDOC seeks to harness Idaho's volunteer spirit
    •
  • IDOC seeks mentors for offenders
    •
  • PWCC having phone problems
    •
  • PWCC visitation advisory
    •
  • Notice of Pending Release
    •
  • Visitation canceled for ISCC's Unit ABC
    •
  • Farm Land for Lease
    •

    2015

  • UPDATE: ISCC visitation closure
    •
  • ALO: Supporting families of the incarcerated
    •
  • IDOC hiring in Orofino and Cottonwood
    •
  • ISCC visitation advisory
    •
  • Walkaway caught
    •
  • IDOC seeks walkaway
    •
  • Change to visitation at ISCC
    •
  • South Boise Complex parking lots to close for maintenance
    •
  • ISCC visitation advisory
    •
  • ISCC Wednesday Visiting Canceled
    •
  • JPA Assessment and IDOC Program Changes
    •
  • District 7 bike program
    •
  • More praise for IMSI staff, Ofc. Aber
    •
  • No ISCC visiting thru Thur.
    •
  • Investigators probe apparent suicide at ISCI
    •
  • New fire season record for ICIO Projects
    •
  • Phone outage preventing deposits to inmate phone accounts
    •
  • Offender resource groups to meet Sept. 16
    •
  • IMSI dog trainers get agility gear
    •
  • News release: IDOC bans use of dry cells
    •
  • North Region Honor Guard turns 10
    •
  • IDOC walkaways from Garden Valley captured in Boise
    •
  • Staff photo: Count time at IMSI
    •
  • IDOC teams up with Special Olympics Idaho
    •
  • July POST certifications
    •
  • Honor Guard pays tribute to fallen Texas officer
    •
  • IDOC relief effort gears up
    •
  • Wildfire destroys NICI staff member’s home; other IDOC staff members' homes threatened
    •
  • Staff photo: National Night Out
    •
  • IDOC to hold job fair today in Lewiston
    •
  • IDOC alert: Visiting cancelled at NICI
    •
  • Living the mission: IMSI Ofc. Marc Aber
    •
  • Balla ruling does not reflect work of current IDOC staff
    •
  • Staff photos: Red Hotz 1
  • ICIO crews dispatched to new fires
    •
  • Business owner donates trauma kits to D-7
    •
  • D1 PPO adopts highways to honor fallen officers
    •
  • Team photo: The Fighting Kangaroos
    •
  • IDOC teams up with Special Olympics Idaho
    •
  • Staff photos: MI training
    •
  • BOC chairman: "Exciting things happening at IDOC"
    •
  • Staff photo: D6 JRI update
    •
  • Team photo: ICIO Firearms Team
    •
  • 5 questions for ISCC's Greg Wren
  • Nampa-CRC helps Brush Up Nampa
    •
  • Team selfie: 1st shift at IMSI
    •
  • My visit to IMSI
    •
  • Team photo: “The great staff in D1”
    •
  • Staff photo: SAWC rainbow
    •
  • SICI's Hamlin gets POST certification
    •
  • SICI fire crew honored
    •
  • Team selfie: D-4 off to POST
    •
  • Staff photo: Tower 1 sunrise
    •
  • Staff photos: ISCI rainbows
    •
  • SICI garden focusing on squash this year
    •
  • NICI wildlife: Wrens hatch in firehouse
    •
  • Warden Yordy’s 3 keys to success
    •
  • Staff photos: ISCC sunset
    •
  • Warden Yordy’s 3 keys to success
    •
  • Welcome CO Academy #52
    •
  • Staff photos: Nampa-CRC bullfrog
    •
  • ICIO celebrates GED and literacy completions
    •
  • ICIO celebrates GED and literacy completions
    •
  • 5 questions for Mike McCarthy
    •
  • Team pic: D3 Payette
    •
  • June POST certifications
    •
  • Director Kempf on running the play that's called
    •
  • Way to go SBWCC!
    •
  • Staff photos: D-4 at the range
  • ICIO's Cheryl Davis reflects on 20 years with IDOC
    •
  • Staff photos: Warehouse wildlife
    •
  • Death row inmate dies following long illness
    •
  • National organization honors D2 PPO
    •
  • PWCC staff celebrate the Fourth with a float
    •
  • SICI staff raise money for 'brother in arms'
    •
  • Follow IDOC on Twitter
    •
  • More photos of CO Academy #51
    •
  • NICI inmates get financial training
    •
  • Honor Guard performs at Prairie High Graduation
    •
  • Director Kempf rides with street crimes unit
    •
  • 5 questions for Dan Copeland
    •
  • NICI lieutenant wins marathon
    •
  • Reminder: No visiting at ISCC tomorrow
    •
  • Correction Department to Hold Job Fairs in North Central Idaho
    •
  • Sen. Risch donates books to SBWCC
    •
  • 2 IDOC staff members receive Silver Cross
    •
  • IDOC represented at Nebraska officer's funeral
    •
  • IDOC establishes rules for inmate email, VideoGrams, digital photos
    •
  • Lawmaker Visits Treatment Program
    •
  • Warden Kirkman: 11 expectations for new officers
    •
  • Welcome CO Academy #51
    •
  • Visiting cancelation at ISCC
    •
  • IDOC staff attend funeral for fallen sergeant
    •
  • IDOC holding job fair in North Central Idaho
    •
  • Visitation, phone service suspended at KCCC
    •
  • Director Kempf: "Our hearts are heavy today"
    •
  • Phone problems at PWCC
    •
  • The 3 essentials for being a correctional officer
    •
  • Welcome Correctional Officer Academy #50
    •
  • Silver Cross presented to 12 Idaho correctional professionals
    •
  • Board of Correction tours IMSI
    •
  • Reminder: Some visitation canceled at ISCC, SICI this week
  • ISCC, SICI issue visitation advisories
    •
  • Changes coming to SICI's visiting schedule
    •
  • IDOC hiring corrections officers in northern Idaho
    •
  • Two SICI visiting sessions canceled April 16
    •
  • JP4 pre-orders now accepted
    •
  • ICIO promotes three staff members
    •
  • IDOC seeks walkaway
    •
  • Officers' collect clothes for offenders' children
    •
  • Long-time American government teacher appointed to the Idaho Board of Correction
    •
  • IDOC streamlines operations, increases community supervision of offenders
    •
  • Inmate phone debit funding now available online and by phone
    •
  • FAQs about kiosk-based services
    •
  • Community reentry center walkaway arrested
    •
  • No IMSI visiting through Sunday
    •
  • NICI cancels weekend visitation
    •
  • Welcome CO Academy 49
    •
  • Construction to affect IMSI visiting
    •
  • Ceremony honors new sergeants
    •
  • Staff photo: Badge of honor
    •
  • Reminder: No visiting at PWCC this Thursday
    •
  • Staff photos: ISCC sunrise
    •
  • Staff photos: Frosty trees at NICI
    •
  • Staff photo: Flames in the sky
    •
  • IDOC hiring officers in northern Idaho
    •
  • Idaho's longest serving board member on record retires
    •
  • Important update on new kiosk services for inmates
    •
  • IDOC hiring correctional officers
    •
  • Staff photo: CERT at ISCC
    •
  • Investigators probe apparent suicide of IDOC inmate
    •

    2014

  • No visiting at ISCC next Monday
    •
  • Therapeutic Community Changes Announced
    •
  • 5 questions for Kevin Kempf
    •
  • Photos from the salute to Director Reinke
    •
  • New visiting schedule for IMSI
    •
  • Welcome CO Academy 48
    •
  • NICI to offer holiday visiting
    •
  • New inmate music system coming
  • Kempf to lead IDOC
    •
  • No visiting at ISCC next Monday
    •
  • Staff photo: Icy SICI
    •
  • IDOC hiring correctional officers
    •
  • IDOC to increase focus on contraband searches
    •
  • SICI: Where the antelope play
    •
  • Staff photo: SICI sunrise
    •
  • Welcome CO Academy 47
    •
  • Next Corrections Connections Meeting October 23
    •
  • CSR issued for commissary and account management services
    •
  • Staff photos: SICI's 3-9 Crew
    •
  • Life After Release Fair draws 300 offenders
    •
  • ISCI parking lot closure
    •
  • Hoiland honored with Silver Cross
  • Hoiland honored with Silver Cross
  • IDOC alert: Get a refund for prepaid phone accounts with unused GTL minutes
    •
  • SAWC camp crew honored
  • Phone system now working
    •
  • Crews working on phone service
    •
  • Staff photos: Fire training
    •
  • Concession Services Request for Full Service Commissary Services
    •
  • KCCC Visiting Canceled
    •
  • ISCC visitation alert
    •
  • Pocatello Corrections Connections Meeting
  • NICI's garlic rope wins top prize
    •
  • Welcome CO Academy 46
    •
  • Refocused on Reentry
    •
  • Inmate phone changes coming
    •
  • Community Reentry Center inmates support charities
    •
  • ICIO camp crews praised
    •
  • Good turnout for 'listening' meeting
    •
  • Red Hotz save home
    •
  • Investigators probe apparent suicide
    •
  • Corrections Connections Meeting Set
    •
  • Welcome Correction Academy 45
    •
  • From Iron Bars to Ironman
    •
  • Staff photo: Pole Creek crew
    •
  • Welcome Challenge Academy graduates
    •
  • IDOC hiring correctional officers
    •
  • PWCC: No visiting Aug. 7-10
    •
  • Clearwater SO and IDOC team up for training
    •
  • ISCI's west lot to close for resurfacing
    •
  • ICIO inmates help fight cancer
    •
  • New pics show new lights
    •
  • ISCC: No visitation Mon., July 14
    •
  • Inmate Death at IMSI
    •
  • Veteran IDOC educator honored
    •
  • Visiting resumes at ISCC
    •
  • SICI garden off and growing
    •
  • FAQs about the ICC transition
    •
  • District 4 Office Moves
    •
  • IDOC publishes Concession Services Request
  • No ICC visitation June 30-July 3
    •
  • New lights save money, improve security
  • Cottonwood prison escapees caught near Clarkston, Wash.
    •
  • Race to close main route to S. Boise Complex
    •
  • IDOC seeks walkaways from Cottonwood prison
    •
  • Jail escapee captured in Lewiston
  • IDOC seeks work camp walkaway
    •
  • Welcome Correction Academy 44
    •
  • IDOC seeks jail escapee
    •
  • LCSC instructors tour NICI
    •
  • KCCC inmates recognized for Braille work
  • Honor guard honors fallen peace officers
    •
  • IDOC hiring correctional officers
    •
  • IDOC investigates apparent suicide of inmate
    •
  • Staff photo: Snow on the daffodils
  • IDOC investigates apparent suicide of inmate
    •
  • Honor Guard salutes Ore. officer
    •
  • Update: PWCC will have visitation this weekend
  • Staff photos: Tower 7
    •
  • ICC lockdown ends Fri.
    •
  • IDOC fugitive caught
    •
  • No visiting at PWCC, May 8-11
    •
  • CERT welcomes 10 new members
    •
  • Staff photo: Inside the wire
    •
  • ICC visiting canceled
    •
  • IDOC investigates apparent suicide of inmate
    •
  • Staff photo: IMSI flagpole
    •
  • Class president: Weakness will reveal strength
    •
  • PWCC celebrates 20 years
    •
  • SBWCC back to normal after noro outbreak
    •
  • Welcome Correction Academy 43
    •
  • IDOC seeks fugitive convicted of vehicular manslaughter
    •
  • Visiting canceled at SBWCC
    •
  • IDOC hiring correctional officers
    •
  • Illness spread slows at SBWCC
    •
  • 10 questions for Casandra Crowell
    •
  • Suspected norovirus cancels SBWCC visiting
    •
  • SICI-CWC helps Kuna teen
    •
  • ICIO innovation saves taxpayer dollars
  • IDOC requests commissary info
    •
  • OPS releases its FY13 report
    •
  • ICIO's Operation Gift Pack
    •
  • Idaho Falls Community Work Center Resident Back in Custody
    •
  • KCCC phone service suspended
    •
  • 10 questions for Keith Yordy
  • Givens Hall visitation canceled
  • Visiting alert for 3 S. Boise prisons
    •
  • Warden Carlin: 11 things we should all believe
    •
  • Work center walkaway caught
    •
  • ISCI, SBWCC get new wardens
    •
  • Welcome Corrections Academy 42
    •
  • Woman walks away from Boise work center
    •
  • Kirkman named Pocatello Women's Correctional Center Warden
  • Silver Cross awarded to 13 correctional professionals
    •
  • Investigators probe apparent suicide of IDOC inmate
    •
  • Phone Rates Change
    •
  • IDOC's CPM graduates honored
    •
  • Big year for GEDs in Idaho prisons
  • Main road to S. Boise Complex now open
    •
  • Car hits D-6 office, 5 hurt
    •
  • Concession Services Request for Inmate Communications and Kiosk-Based Services & Technology Access
  • NICI escapees captured
    •
  • Search on for 2 escapees from NICI
    •
  • Officers and K-9s team up to make prisons safer
    •
  • Visiting resumes at IMSI
    •
  • No visiting at NICI this Saturday
    •
  • No video visiting at ICC
    •
  • IDOC to assume operation of ICC on July 1, 2014
    •
  • IDOC's Year in Review
    •
  • KCCC inmates help families in need
    •

    2013

  • IDOC hiring correctional officers
    •
  • Transforming Lives
  • RFI announcement
    •
  • IDOC fire crews honored
  • CI's hand in history
    •
  • Visitation resumes at Pocatello women's prison
    •
  • S. Boise gets "new" fire engine
    •
  • IDOC volunteer a 'Brightest Star'
    •
  • Welcome CO Academy 41
    •
  • Visiting suspended at PWCC's Unit 2
    •
  • Red shirts prep for Christmas
    •
  • Reminder: PWCC visitation cancelled
  • IDOC's CERT trains with SWAT teams
    •
  • Record Harvest for SICI garden
    •
  • IDOC hiring officers
  • Absconder caught in Moscow
    •
  • IDOC seeks parole absconder
  • IMSI: Visitation back on for Thurs
    •
  • PWCC: Sat. visitation cancelled
    •
  • ICIO: No visitation Oct.18
    •
  • Welcome PO Academy 16
    •
  • Point of Entry opens this month
    •
  • Welcome Correctional Academy 40
    •
  • Former officer arrested
    •
  • You're invited to the resource fair
    •
  • SICI spud harvest underway
    •
  • S. Boise parking update
  • Resurfacing to close S. Boise parking lots
    •
  • GED deadline nears
  • Engineer becomes new Management Services chief
    •
  • Walkaway caught
    •
  • IDOC seeks walkaway
    •
  • Donaldson named Management Services chief
    •
  • IDOC tries innovative learning system
    •
  • Strong turnout for job fair
  • IDOC inmate dies after suicide attempt at Nez Perce County jail
    •
  • SICI garden biggest yet
    •
  • SBWCC helping charities
    •
  • Welcome CO Academy #38
    •
  • CERT gets new members
    •
  • Investigators probe IDOC inmate's apparent suicide
    •
  • IDOC names new manager of District 7 Probation and Parole
    •
  • Idaho quilters overwhelm prison with donations
    •
  • Correctional Industries opens new distribution center
    •
  • Board honors parole officers for helping during staffing crunch
    •
  • Welcome Correctional Academy 37
    •
  • IDOC asks Idaho State Police to investigate private prison's staffing records
  • IDOC withdraws proposal to build mental health facility
    •
  • IDOC selects new warden for Pocatello Women's Correctional Center
    •
  • New treatment strategy saving money and lives

    • 2012

  • IDOC releases annual report
    •
  • Inmates taking GED tests face important deadline
    •
  • IDOC CISM team honored
    •
  • Promotion prompts warden shuffle
  • Investigators probe apparent suicide of IDOC inmate
    •
  • NICI inmate surrenders following escape attempt
    •
  • First inmate convicted under new contraband law
    •
  • Banner year for SICI's Foodbank garden
    •
  • Correctional officer accused of bringing contraband into prison
  • Idaho moves 120 more inmates to Colorado
  • Fire safety improvements underway at NICI
    •
  • Busy season for inmate fire crews
    •
  • How teachers can help children of incarcerated parents
    •
  • Work center walkaway back in custody
    •
  • Nampa Walk-away
  • Idaho moves 130 inmates to Colorado
  • IDOC probationer and accomplice captured after escape from Benewah County Jail
    •
  • Networking event planned for groups that provide assistance to offenders
    •
  • Former site of housing for Idaho Department of Correction staff to be auctioned
    •
  • Investigators probe apparent suicide of IDOC inmate
    •
  • Former instructor accused of having sexual contact with inmate
    •
  • IDOC prepares for out-of-state move
    •
  • Idaho Department of Correction hosts career fair
    •
  • Work center walkaway back in custody
    •
  • IDOC seeks walkaway from St. Anthony Work Camp　　
    •
  • Out-of-State Prison Selected
    •
  • IDOC releases list of most wanted fugitives
    •
  • High-risk fugitive from Idaho captured in Costa Rica
    •
  • Correctional officer accused of having sexual contact with inmate
    •
  • Idaho inmate executed for 1984 murder
    •
  • First charge filed using Idaho’s new prison contraband law
  • Former correctional officer accused of having sexual contact with an inmate
    •
  • IDOC serves inmate with death warrant
  • IDOC honors Senator Darrington
    •
  • Welcome Correction Academy 33
    •
  • IDOC salutes longtime senator by naming road in his honor
    •
  • IDOC community work center staff get new uniforms
    •
  • Investigators Probe Apparent Suicide
    •
  • Welcome Correctional Academy 32
    •
  • IMSI staff help inmates leave gangs
    •
  • IDOC Fugitive captured in Nampa
    •
  • Orofino Prison Escapee Captured
    •
  • IDOC seeks escapee from Orofino prison
    •
  • ICIO inmates send care packages to Marines in Afghanistan
    •
  • IDOC releases annual report
    •
  • Idaho Department of Correction Seeks Correctional Industries Walkaway
    •
  • Team boosts IDOC's emergency response capability
    •

    2011

  • IDOC releases cost of Rhoades' execution
    •
  • Association honors Idaho correctional professionals for their dedication, innovation
    •
  • Rhoades' Death Warrant Carried Out
    •
  • Rhoades' Last Meal
  • Demonstrator Information
    •
  • Rhoades' Case Summary
    •
  • Commission Denies Rhoades’ request for commutation hearing
    •
  • IDOC serves inmate with death warrant
  • IDOC holds job fair to welcome home veterans
    •
  • New training opportunities to be available online
    •
  • Escapee recaptured in Benewah County
    •
  • IDOC inmate escapes from Benewah County
    •
  • Work center inmate back in custody
  • High risk fugitive surrenders
    •
  • IDOC selects new manager for eastern Idaho probation and parole district
    •
  • IDOC seeks offender who has absconded from parole
    •
  • IDOC announces the appointment of two new wardens
    •
  • New warden takes over at SICI
    •
  • New warden takes over at SBWCC
    •
  • Legendary IDOC administrator retires
    •
  • Warden placed on administrative leave following arrest
    •
  • Inmates plant garden for Idaho Foodbank
    •
  • Benewah County Jail escapee back in custody
  • Inmate escapes from Benewah County Jail
    •
  • Idaho observes Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Week
    •
  • Emergency response team welcomes 12 new members
    •
  • Walk-away Captured
    •
  • Idaho Department of Correction Seeks Work Center Walkaway
    •
  • Sexual Offender Management Board forming
  • IDOC to Close Twin Falls Community Work Center
    •
  • Idaho Department of Correction Seeks Work Center Walkaway
    •
  • IDOC walkaway back in custody
    •
  • Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program celebrates 1st anniversary
    •
  • Idaho fugitive caught in Kansas
  • Change in Cost of Supervision Fees
    •
  • Intelligence unit sparks big gang bust
  • IDOC seeks offender who has absconded from parole
    •
  • Investigators probe apparent inmate suicide at Madison Co. Jail
    •
  • Investigators Probe Apparent Suicide at Idaho State Correctional Institution
    •

    2010

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