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After staff shootings, Idaho DOC seeks drone detection, mail scanning and a transport expansion
Summary
The Idaho Department of Correction told the Joint Finance Preparations Committee on Feb. 4 that several supplemental and ongoing budget requests are driven by a spring incident in which a corrections staff convoy was ambushed and staff were wounded during an emergency return from a hospital.
The Idaho Department of Correction told the Joint Finance Preparations Committee on Feb. 4 that several supplemental and ongoing budget requests are driven by a spring incident in which a corrections staff convoy was ambushed and staff were wounded during an emergency return from a hospital. Director Josh Tewalt and agency analysts said the items aim to reduce contraband and improve transport safety.
The department requested a package it calls “advanced surveillance technology,” which would include digital mail scanning (scan and deliver mail digitally off‑site), a drone‑detection layered sensor system, a phone‑call transcription and analysis tool identified as LEO intelligence, and a standalone unit for illicit substance testing. The agency said residents made roughly 4 million…
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