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Corrections outlines security package after transport ambush: drones, mail scanning and a dedicated transport bureau
Summary
The Idaho Department of Correction told lawmakers on Feb. 4 it is requesting surveillance technology and dedicated transport resources after a spring ambush of staff during an inmate medical transport left three employees wounded.
The Idaho Department of Correction told lawmakers on Feb. 4 that a targeted attack on staff during an inmate medical transport last spring revealed security vulnerabilities the agency wants to fix with technology and personnel changes.
The incident and the response: Agency officials described a spring 2024 incident in which a gunman ambushed a transport returning from a hospital, wounding three IDOC staffers. Noah Peterson, the committee’s budget analyst, said the agency’s supplemental and enhancement requests are designed to “address vulnerabilities that were discovered within the agency so as to not allow them to happen again.”
Technology package requested: The agency requested $795,000 in supplemental funds for initial implementation and $2,397,000 ongoing to run three technologies statewide: digital mail…
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