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Idaho corrections seeks tech upgrades, transport expansion after staff shooting
Summary
Following a spring ambush in which three IDOC staff were wounded, the Department of Correction proposed digital mail scanning, drone detection, phone-call transcription and a staffed transport expansion to reduce contraband and improve safety.
The Idaho Department of Correction told the Joint Finance Preparations Committee on Feb. 4 that it is requesting multiple security enhancements after a spring transport incident in which correctional staff were ambushed and three staff members were shot.
Noah Peterson, a Legislative Services Office analyst, summarized supplemental and ongoing requests the agency says are designed to reduce vulnerabilities uncovered after the incident. Peterson described a chain of events in which an inmate being returned from emergency medical care was ambushed by a lone gunman; the transcript states that three IDOC staff were shot and that the suspect and the inmate were suspected of committing two murders before being apprehended about 36 hours later.
The agency asked for a one-time FY2025 package of about $795,000 to implement three technologies across facilities: digital mail scanning (mail is opened and scanned off-site and delivered digitally to limit contraband), a layered drone-detection system, and a "LEO" intelligence system for…
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