Victim Services
VINELINK Services
Victim Information Notification Everyday (VINE) services for the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) are now active. VINELink restored the notification services on March 6, 2024.
VINE is a free notification service that provides automated phone, text and email updates on movement and status changes of those under IDOC’s jurisdiction. Anyone can register for VINE notifications at this link: VINELink - Empowering Victims of Crime or by using the VINE application on your phone.
If you have a VINE-related question or immediately need to stop call and can’t remember your assigned PIN contact the 24-hour VINE services line at (866) 984-6343.
The agency provides victim services associated with VINE calls during business hours at 208-605-4774.
FOR INFORMATION ON INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS:
Victim Services Coordinator for Idaho Department of Correction
prisonvictimservices@idoc.idaho.gov
FOR INFORMATION ON PAROLE RELEASES:
Parole Victim Services for the Idaho Commission on Pardons and Parole
parolevictimservices@copp.idaho.gov
Victim Services offers assistance to the victims of crimes while an individual is incarcerated.
Services
Notification of term release, escape or death
- Updated contact information is required for victim notifications.
- Victims should send address updates to prisonvictimservices@idoc.idaho.gov.
- For victim services associated with current IDOC facility residents, contact 208-605-4774.
VINELink allows automated notifications by email, text or phone. Teletypewriter (TTY) is also available.
- This system sends emails, texts or phone notifications when residents move or are scheduled for parole hearings. (This is a separate service from IDOC victim services, however we can help you register or answer general questions on VINE notifications.)
- Sign up on the VINE website. Click on the drop-down list and select IDAHO.
- NOTE: Incarcerated individuals often move between and within facilities. This is routine and not a cause for concern.
IDOC Resident/Client Search provides a tool to check on an individual in IDOC custody or on IDOC supervision.
- This tool is updated at 4 a.m. each morning.
- The prison locations page provides information on types of residents in each facility.
- The probation & parole page provides information for individuals under supervision.
Please note for the best service, parole hearing questions should be directed to the Commission of Pardons & Parole.
- Victims can contact the commission's victim services professional by calling 208-334-2520, or emailing parolevictimservices@idoc.idaho.gov
Other Providers
The Idaho Department of Correction victim services focuses on victims of incarcerated individuals. There are individual county victim witness coordinators that work with victims prior to incarceration, and the Commission of Pardons & Parole provides victims with information on parole releases and hearings.
