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Idaho boosts community reentry operations, parole staffing in FY26 requests
Summary
The Department of Correction asked for expanded community reentry operations (notably at Pocatello), additional parole officers in Districts 3 and 4, drug testing enhancements and a small pilot for medications for opioid use disorder.
The Idaho Department of Correction asked the Joint Finance Preparations Committee to fund expanded community reentry operations and additional parole staffing on Feb. 4, citing the agency's goal of reducing recidivism and improving community supervision capacity.
Analyst Noah Peterson said the Community Corrections Division has 511.35 full-time positions and requested multiple items for FY2026, including a personnel annualization for staff added at the Pocatello Community Reentry Center (the agency had 17 positions funded for six months in FY2025 and requested about $680,700 to annualize…
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