Last fall, InvestigateWest published a series of stories that reported cases of rape and abuse by Idaho's prison guards. It was called Guarded by Predators and alleged the corrections system shields ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hands of a prisoner in a cell behind bars. The Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole Executive Director Christine Starr told the ...

For nearly a year and a half, Andrea Weiskircher has been pleading with prison officials, state leaders and law enforcement to look at the evidence. In the summer of 2024, Weiskircher accused five ...

Idaho's 70 treatment courts are on the line as budget cuts loom, programs that keep people out of prison and help them become ...

Idaho’s prison system and the state agency that certifies law enforcement will now conceal information about officers’ ...

BOISE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press. Idaho Department of Correction Director Bree Derrick came before the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Monday to discuss the ...

Idaho's total incarcerated population is above its capacity in state prisons. The cost to house those state inmates in county jails and in out-of-state facilities has risen sharply. Idaho’s rising ...

KUNA, Idaho — An Idaho Maximum Security Institution staff member has been hospitalized after he was assaulted by an inmate on Saturday. Robert David Pompa, 30, "brutally assaulted" a 56-year-old ...

BOISE — Idaho Department of Correction Director Bree Derrick came before the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Monday to discuss the outlook for the department tasked with managing the state ...