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After staff ambush, IDOC requests digital mail scanning, drone detection, expanded transport team and body‑worn camera pilot
Summary
Following a spring ambush on staff during a medical transport, the Department of Correction requested technology and staffing changes for state prisons: digital mail scanning, drone detection, phone‑call transcription (LEO), a 12‑position transport expansion, and a federal body‑worn camera pilot.
The Joint Finance Preparations Committee received a series of supplemental and ongoing requests Feb. 4 from the Idaho Department of Correction aimed at reducing contraband flow and improving security after a spring incident in which three IDOC staff were shot while escorting an inmate from a hospital.
State prisons division analyst Noah Peterson described three supplemental 2025 requests tied to the incident: a $795,000 first‑year implementation package for advanced surveillance technology (digital mail scanning, drone detection, and phone‑call transcription/analysis using a LEO intelligence platform); a $1,148,000 one‑time request to expand the transport bureau (12 positions, vehicles and equipment); and a federal grant application to pilot body‑worn cameras (year‑one costs $1,051,000, mostly federal funds with a $27,000 GF share for that fiscal year).
Details and agency rationale:…
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