Officials in one Idaho county that has struggled with space in its jail are considering the use of mobile trailers to house prisoners after a recent jail fire left some inmates without beds.
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.
(KLIX)-The Idaho Department of Corrections has completed its transfer of Idaho inmates to a Colorado facility. IDOC officials say 120 more inmates were taken by bus to Kit Carson Correctional Center in Burlington, Colo. 250 Idaho inmates are now being housed out of state to ease population pressure in the state's prisons and jails...
(KLIX)-130 inmates have been taken out of Idaho prisons and jails. They all went to the Kit Carson Correctional Center in Burlington Colorado. Some went by chartered bus, others were flown there by a chartered jet. Idaho Department of Correction Director Brent Reinke said he knows how hard it is on inmate families, but he said Idaho is running out of room...