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Idaho DOC seeks ongoing funding for case-management analytics and transparency tools
Summary
Department leaders told lawmakers they want to expand a partnership with the nonprofit Recidiviz to bring case‑triage and classification tools into prisons and asked for continued funding for public‑records and in‑custody legal access software; committee members pressed for ROI data and assurances about data control.
The Idaho Department of Correction told the Joint Finance Preparations Committee on Feb. 4 that it seeks ongoing funding to continue a partnership with Recidiviz, a nonprofit data-aggregation and analytics partner, and requested subscriptions for public‑records management and in‑custody legal research tools.
Noah Peterson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, outlined Management Services Division budget items and noted the division “gained an appropriation … for recidivism case management software” and described both one-time and ongoing software requests in the agency’s package.
Director Josh Tewalt described Recidiviz to the committee as more than “software.” “Recidiviz is a nonprofit tech company…
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