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June 18, 2018

Idaho eyes $500M prison projects

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials are considering spending $500 million on a prison expansion and new state prison to alleviate the state's overcrowded facilities.

Corrections officials told state Board of Correction last week that the expansion is needed because all of Idaho's prisons are above capacity, county jails are packed and hundreds of Idaho inmates are being held temporarily at a private jail in Texas.


 
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