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Idaho DOC seeks ongoing funding for Recidiviz case-management tools
Summary
The Idaho Department of Correction asked the Joint Finance Preparations Committee to fund ongoing work with Recidiviz to automate case triage and classification tools used in probation, parole and prisons; lawmakers pressed for data showing return on investment and clarity on federal versus general-fund support.
Director Josh Tewalt and agency analysts told the Joint Finance Preparations Committee on Feb. 4 that the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) is seeking ongoing general-fund appropriation to continue and expand its partnership with Recidiviz, a nonprofit that aggregates disparate corrections data to produce dashboards and case-triage tools.
The tools, IDOC said, help probation and parole officers prioritize caseloads and allow supervisors to identify outcome outliers. “It’s probably the most transformative partnership we’ve entered into as an agency in my entire tenure there,” Director Josh Tewalt said, describing Recidiviz as a nonprofit technology partner that “find[s] data across different, outdated systems and bring[s] them together.”
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