Saguaro Correctional Center (SCC) is a privately run correctional facility operated by CoreCivic Corporation. It is located in Eloy, Arizona and can house about 2,000 residents. 

Because SCC is operated by CoreCivic, the procedures for arranging visits with and sending money to residents differ from IDOC procedures. Please pay special attention to the links below.

To send mail: 

Resident's first and last name
Resident's state ID and number (ex. IDOC 000000)
1250 E. Arica Rd.
Eloy, AZ 85131

• Complete Mail and Visiting Information
• Updated Visitation Schedules due to Covid-19
• How to Send Money to SCC resident

SAWC is 400-bed work camp for minimum- and community-custody men. The facility provides residents with opportunities for full-time, constructive, paid employment with government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private employers. The program helps residents develop good work habits, and marketable work skills while providing a financial resource to meet the residents' immediate and future needs.

Warden: Glenn Armstrong

Contact

Email: sawc@idoc.idaho.gov
Phone: 208-624-3775

Visiting

Please read and be familiar with the Visiting Rules for Residents and Visitors and complete the visiting application process before visiting the facility.

Visiting schedules are subject to change based on emergency situations.

• Visiting Schedule for SAWC

PWCC is the department's first facility designed specifically to meet the unique program needs of female residents. It opened in April 1994, has an operating capacity of 331 female residents and houses all custody levels. The facility operates the reception and diagnostic center for women. PWCC also has vocational work projects, Correctional Industries, education, programming, pre-release program and work-release program.

Warden: Janell Clement

Contact

Email: pwcc@idoc.idaho.gov
Phone: 208-236-6360

Visiting

Please read and be familiar with the Visiting Rules for Residents and Visitors and complete the visiting application process before visiting the facility.

Visiting schedules are subject to change based on emergency situations.

• Visiting Schedule for PWCC

Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino was originally a state school and mental health facility. A new wing was added in 1988. ICIO is designed to house up to 580 male residents. The facility primarily houses medium-custody residents but also houses protective-custody residents. Givens Hall, a unit adjacent to the compound, serves as a work camp. ICIO offers vocational work programs, education and other programming opportunities.

Warden: Terema Carlin

Contact

Email: icio@idoc.idaho.gov
Phone: 208-476-3655

Visiting

Please read and be familiar with the Visiting Rules for Residents and Visitors and complete the visiting application process before visiting the facility.

Visiting schedules are subject to change based on emergency situations.

• Visiting schedule for ICIO

NICI is a former military radar station north of the small town of Cottonwood. This facility is a program-specific prison with an operating capacity of 428 male residents. NICI primarily houses residents sentenced under a retained jurisdiction sentence. Retained jurisdiction provides a sentencing alternative for courts to target individuals who might, after a period of programming and evaluation, be viable candidates for probation rather than incarceration.

Warden: Aaron Krieger

Contact

Email: nici@idoc.idaho.gov
Phone: 208-962-3276

Visiting

Please read and be familiar with the Visiting Rules for Residents and Visitors and complete the visiting application process before visiting the facility.

Visiting schedules are subject to change based on emergency situations.

• Visiting Schedule for NICI

SICI houses 400 female residents and 300 male residents. Most residents are assigned a job and work inside or outside the facility. Vocational Work Projects include road crews for the Idaho Transportation Department and conservation and firefighting crews for the U.S. Forest Service. Some residents serve as workers in the Correctional Industries program. SICI also operates the pre-release program for the majority of residents paroling from the system.

SICI is home to East Dorm, a 152-bed men's housing unit that was designed from the ground up to help its residents successfully return to their communities and as law-abiding citizens. There are no other units like it in Idaho’s correctional system and few others like it in the country.

Warden: Noel Barlow-Hust

Contact

Email: sici@idoc.idaho.gov
Phone: 208-336-1260

Visiting

Please read and be familiar with the Visiting Rules for Offenders and Visitors and complete the visiting application process before visiting the facility.

Visiting schedules are subject to change based on emergency situations.

• Visiting Schedule for SICI

South Boise Women’s Correctional Center is a treatment and transition facility for retained jurisdiction (Rider) female residents. SBWCC has an operating capacity of 306 residents in two separate housing units. Programming opportunities are based on cognitive and behavioral change through intensive treatment, education and accountability.

Warden: Nick Baird

Contact

Email: sbwcc@idoc.idaho.gov
Phone: 208-334-2731
 

Visiting

Please read and be familiar with the Visiting Rules for Residents and Visitors and complete the visiting application process before visiting the facility.

Visiting schedules are subject to change based on emergency situations.
Visiting takes place in Unit 1.

• Visiting Schedule for SBWCC

SBWCC Services

Case Management Services

Case management services are provided to all residents regardless of their status. Case managers work with each resident on a one-on-one basis to help address their individual needs. Case managers meet with residents upon their arrival and continue to meet on an as-needed basis until their release or as requested. Case management services vary depending on the needs of the resident but include: initial intake, face-to-face contacts, treatment plans, problem solving, parole plans, transitional funds, aftercare plans, financial planning, assistance with community resources, and classroom facilitation and program delivery.

Programming

Programs

Residents who are sentenced to a retained jurisdiction (Rider) are assessed to determine their medical, programmatic, education level and mental health needs. The information from these assessments is used to determine which treatment programs they will be participating in. The programs are as follows:

• Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Substance Abuse (CBI-SA): Developed by the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute for the criminal justice population, this program is designed for individuals who are moderate to high need in the area of substance abuse. This program helps participants look at the impact drugs and alcohol have had on their lives and develop some tools to make different future choices. Participants meet in small groups (8-10 participants) over 44 sessions. This program places heavy emphasis on skill-building activities to assist with cognitive, social, emotional, and coping skills development. The program is divided into six modules including: Motivational Engagement, Cognitive Restructuring, Emotional Regulation, Social Skills, Problem Solving, and Success Planning. Participants will spend a significant amount of time in this group learning and practicing new methods of handling risky situations.
• Thinking for a Change (T4C) is an integrated cognitive-behavioral change curriculum developed by the National Institute of Corrections specifically for justice-involved individuals. T4C concentrates on changing the criminogenic thinking of individuals, and includes skill development and training in cognitive restructuring, social skills development, and development of problem-solving skills. T4C is comprised of 25 lessons delivered to small groups of participants (8-10) that build upon each other and can be used to craft an aftercare program to meet the ongoing individual needs of each participant following release back into the community.
• Advanced Practices (AP): Individuals sent on a retained jurisdiction who have already completed core IDOC programming (ART, CBI-SA, CBI-SO and/or T4C) will be placed in an Advanced Practices Group (AP). The Advanced Practice Curriculum provides a structured method to assist in practicing the skills learned in the core programming (ART, CBI-SA, CBI-SO and/or T4C) in a progressively more challenging way through the use of more difficult situations with increased pressure. These open-ended groups allow participants to continue practicing cognitive restructuring, emotion regulation, social skills, and problem-solving in increasingly complex and challenging scenarios. Once the learning objectives are achieved, inmates will be graduated from the group.
• Aggression Replacement Training (ART): The Aggression Replacement Training program, which is designed to be delivered over the course of 12 weeks, targets the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional components of aggression to reduce aggressive behavior. The program integrates Skill Development (a behavioral component) with Anger Control Training (emotional) and Moral Reasoning Training (values). Participants develop an understanding of aggression and its connection to criminal behavior and the “angry behavior cycle.” Through the integration of the three core components (skill streaming, anger control, and moral reasoning), inmates are taught an array of prosocial skills to develop better self-control and to learn to redirect and reduce their anger and aggression.
• Pre-release: This 40 to 60-hour program is designed to increase understanding of the rules and expectations of community supervision and restorative justice principles. Participants are required to complete a computer literacy course, a personal portfolio, and the Pre-release workbook, as well as attend several short, standardized group sessions related to education and career planning. The Pre-release curriculum includes information and training in the following categories: job search skills, money management, goal setting, education, employment, communication, housing, transportation, health, relationships, and supervision.

Alternative Treatment

In addition to programming, individuals are provided opportunities to engage in additional educational and/or treatment groups: Education, Building Healthy Relationships, Workforce Readiness, Seeking Safety, Mindfulness, Stress Management and Grief and Loss.

Education: Education programs are designed to prepare incarcerated individuals to live successful, crime-free lives. These educational services include Literacy, Secondary Education, Professional Technical Education and Special Education based on assessed individual student needs. Educational programs recognize participant's achievements through certifications and diplomas that are also recognized by employers and other educational entities. Programs are based on the needs of the students (through assessments), the needs of employers and the ability of the institutions to provide the training. Educational case plans drive the educational programs that are offered to individuals.

Building Healthy Relationships: This domestic violence support group provides education to help recognize domestic violence risk factors and the harm caused for themselves and their children by remaining in abusive relationships. Women learn how to identify abuse, select healthy partners and how to nurture their children in a manner that could stop the cycle of abuse.

Workforce Readiness: These education classes enhance workforce development and life skills.

Beyond Trauma: Beyond Trauma addresses past abuse that women have experienced. Through the curriculum women address the responses/reactions that they have experienced in regards to their trauma such as engaging in drug and alcohol use to manage emotions. The curriculum moves from an attempt to normalize the emotions and responses that women have experienced and then to develop strategies to manage anxiety and responses to triggers of past trauma.

Mindfulness: This is a 20-session group that combines cognitive and behavioral therapy. It is consists of four components: Basic Mindfulness Skills, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness and Distress Tolerance.

Stress Management: Participants learn skills to help manage emotions, including anger. The group is designed for delivery in 12 sessions. Each group consists of a period of physical exercise, an educational process topic and relaxation techniques.

Grief and Loss: This is an eight session group which addresses issues associated with losses in our lives. Participants develop an understanding of how these issues relate to decisions we make such as using alcohol and other drugs.

ISCI is a 1,446-bed, medium-security men's prison south of Boise. Its reception and diagnostic unit (RDU) serves as the entry point for all men entering Idaho's prison system. The facility also has a medical unit and workspace for Correctional Industries' programs.

Warden: Tyrell Davis

Contact

Email: isci@idoc.idaho.gov
Phone: 208-336-0740

Visiting

Please read and be familiar with the Visiting Rules for Residents and Visitors and complete the visiting application process before visiting the facility.

Visiting schedules are subject to change based on emergency situations.

• Visiting schedule for ISCI

Note: Visitors may enter the gatehouse during the designated entry times. Residents will normally be allowed to visit only on their assigned visiting days and times. All visiting schedules are subject to change based on emergency counts and other institutional considerations.

Medical Note: Residents assigned to a medical unit may visit with prior approval from the visiting supervisor during the regular hours listed above. If a resident is unable to leave his unit, the visit must be approved by the warden and scheduled in advance.

Visiting is NOT allowed during the reception and diagnostic process.

ISCC is a 2,128-bed men's prison south of Boise. It houses minimum-security, medium-security and close-custody residents.

Warden: Randy Valley

Contact

Email: iscc@idoc.idaho.gov

Phone: 208-331-2760

Visiting

Please read and be familiar with the Visiting Rules for Residents and Visitors and complete the visiting application process before visiting the facility.

To schedule legal visits or attorney phone call requests, email: iscc_legalvisits@idoc.idaho.gov

Visiting schedules are subject to change based on emergency situations.

• Visiting schedule for ISCC

IMSI opened in November 1989 to confine Idaho's most disruptive male residents. It has a capacity of 549 residents and is located within a double perimeter fence reinforced with razor wire and an electronic detection system. The population is primarily comprised of close custody and administrative segregation residents. IMSI also operates the state Secure Mental Health Facility, which houses residents under the sentence of death, and residents who are Idaho Security Medical Program (ISMP)

Warden: Tim Richardson

Contact

Email: imsi@idoc.idaho.gov
Phone: 208-338-1635

Visiting

Please read and be familiar with the Visiting Rules for Residents and Visitors and complete the visiting application process before visiting the facility.

Visiting schedules are subject to change based on emergency situations.

• Visiting schedule for IMSI