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JFAC approves multiple DOC supplementals; mixed committee outcomes on safety, transport and camera proposals
Summary
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Feb. 28 approved multiple Department of Correction supplementals and considered FY2026 enhancements aimed at security, transport and population‑driven costs after a March 2024 incident exposed vulnerabilities.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Feb. 28 considered and voted on a sequence of supplementals and FY2026 enhancement requests from the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC), approving several measures intended to address security gaps revealed by an incident in March 2024 and to meet rising population and medical costs across the corrections system.
Noah Peterson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, said the department’s advanced surveillance and transport requests were prompted by a March 2024 shooting and escape attempt. “This request ... comes as a result of the shooting and escape attempt, that came in March of 2024,” Peterson told the committee, describing a package of technologies and staffing changes intended to close identified vulnerabilities.
Key FY2025 supplementals and committee outcomes included: - Advanced surveillance technology (digital mail scanning, drone detection, phone…
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