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JFAC advances multiple Department of Correction supplementals and FY26 enhancements after extended review
Summary
On Feb. 28 the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee reviewed a set of Department of Correction supplemental and FY26 enhancement requests addressing security technology, transport operations, a body-worn camera pilot, inmate placements and medical services.
Noah Peterson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented a package of supplementals and fiscal year 2026 enhancement requests for the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) on Feb. 28. The agency's requests addressed security upgrades, transport capabilities, a body-worn camera pilot, inmate housing costs, medical services and a range of management and IT needs across IDOC divisions.
Supplemental requests for the remainder of FY2025 included: a one-time $795,000 general-fund addition for advanced surveillance technology (digital mail scanning, drone detection, phone-call transcription and analysis) that the agency said arose from vulnerabilities discovered after a March 2024 shooting/escape attempt; a $1,148,000 one-time general-fund addition to expand transport safety (12 personnel and seven vehicles for emergency inmate transport); a $1,051,000 supplemental (about $27,000 general fund and $1,024,000 federal funds) to purchase body-worn cameras and…
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