Idaho Department of Corrections

Authorities are searching for an inmate who may have drove off in a pickup he was using at a work camp in east Idaho.

Idaho has the sixth-highest growth rate for spending on corrections in the last 25 years, and with the state’s governor proposing a 12.1% budget increase for the Idaho Department of Correction, the department’s director says the state is at a “critical juncture.”

Two former Idaho prison guards were sentenced for drug trafficking crimes after being caught in an FBI sting

Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday said Idaho has appealed a U.S. District Court ruling that orders the state to provide gender reassignment surgery to an inmate.

Idaho prison officials say the Centurylink internet outage is impacting their network systems along with residential users

Female inmates at a Boise correctional facility will help plant sagebrush seedlings they've been growing to help restore burned areas in Idaho

Idaho prison officials say more inmates were relocated to a Texas facility earlier this week.

Idaho is scrutinizing its program allowing prison inmates to help battle wildfires after one was charged with raping a woman working at a remote base camp in Utah.

Eastern Idaho police are looking for a female inmate who walked away while doing community service Tuesday.

Idaho prison authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from a work detail during the weekend.

Idaho prison officials announced a new deal to house inmates in a Texas prison to ease crowding

Idaho's climbing prison population has a group of lawmakers giving a second look at some recommendations made by policy experts three years ago, including reclassifying some felonies as misdemeanors and increasing efforts to prevent people from going to prison in the first place.

Idaho prison officials say more inmates have been sent to a private prison facility out of state.

Idaho prison officials say another inmate has died from an apparent suicide at a facility near Boise.

As many as 1,000 Idaho inmates could soon be serving out their time in out-of-state prisons as the state grapples with overcrowding at home. The inmates could end up in a private prison facility — despite Idaho's long history of trouble when it comes to getting some private prison providers to meet the terms of their contracts.

Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at a prison south of Boise after he was assaulted earlier this morning. In a press statement, the Idaho Department of Corrections said Glenn Arthur Cox had been assaulted at just before 1 a.m.

BOISE, Idaho (KLIX) The director for Idaho prisons announced his resignation to lead a national corrections organization.