Title 20 — STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS

20-237A. Funding per diem costs of state prisoners housed in county jails, related additional expenses and manner of payment. (1) The board of correction shall pay each county for housing prisoners convicted, sentenced and committed to the custody of the state board of correction…

20-237B. Medical costs of state prisoners housed in correctional facilities. (1) The state board of correction or any privatized medical provider under contract with the department of correction shall pay to a provider of a medical service, other than hospital inpatient or outpat…

20-238. Clothing and transportation to be furnished prisoners upon parole or final discharge. Upon the release of any convicted person upon parole the state board of correction shall provide him or her with necessary wearing apparel and may also provide him or her with a bus or r…

20-239. Discharge upon service of maximum term. Any convicted person undergoing sentence in the penitentiary not sooner released under the provisions of this chapter, shall in accordance with the provisions of existing law, be discharged from custody upon serving a maximum senten…

20-239A. Release upon grant of parole. Any convicted person undergoing sentence in the penitentiary who has a parole eligibility date which falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday may be granted a parole release date by the Idaho commission for pardons and parole which falls…

20-241. Acceptance of federal or other funds or property. The state board of correction, with the written consent of the governor, shall have the power and it shall be its duty: 1. To accept from the United States of America or any of its agencies, such funds, equipment, and supp…

20-241A. Agreements for confinement of inmates. The state board of correction shall have the power and it shall be its duty: (1) To determine the availability of state facilities suitable for the detention and confinement of prisoners held under authority of state law. If the sta…

20-242. Furlough. (1) When a person is committed to the custody of the state board of correction, the board may, upon conditions which it may impose, direct that the person be permitted to continue in his regular employment, work project, or educational program, if that is compat…

20-242A. Inmate incentive pay. The board of correction is hereby authorized to institute an incentive pay program for those inmates performing work at the direction of the board of correction in jobs not associated with correctional industry employment. Such compensation, if any,…

20-243. Delivery of convicted person to penitentiary or board — Copy of commitment — Receipt for delivery of prisoner. When any convicted person is delivered to the penitentiary or to the custody of the board of correction, the officer having the prisoner in charge shall deliver …

20-244. Government and discipline of the correctional facility — Rules and regulations. The state board of correction shall make and adopt such rules and regulations for the government and discipline of the correctional facility as they may consider expedient, and from time to ti…

20-245. Offender labor on state and community service projects. (1) Offender labor on state projects. The state board of correction shall have the authority to use, under such rules as they may prescribe, the labor of offenders either within or without the walls of the penitentia…

20-246. Penitentiary — Powers of board of correction. All transactions and dealings of the state penitentiary and its properties shall be conducted in the name of the board of correction. The board shall be capable in law of suing in all courts and places in all matters concernin…

20-247. Transfer of prisoner to federal penal or correctional institution. Any person committed to the state penitentiary whose presence may be seriously detrimental to the well-being of the state penitentiary or who wilfully and persistently refuses to obey the rules and regulat…

20-248. Contract for care of transferred prisoner. The state board of correction is hereby authorized to contract with the attorney general of the United States or such officer as the Congress may designate under the provisions of title 18, section 5003 of the United States Code,…

20-249. Transferred prisoner subject to terms of original sentence. Any prisoner transferred under this act shall be subject to the terms of his original sentence or sentences as if he were serving the same within the confines of the Idaho state penitentiary. Nothing herein conta…

20-250. Department of correction reporting requirements. The department of correction shall report to the legislature by February 1 of each year on the amount of savings generated and on the prison population impact under the policy framework of this act for the purpose of tracki…

20-301. Compacts with other states authorized. The governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the state of Idaho with any of the United States legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I PURPOSE The compa…

20-302. Short title. This act may be cited as the "Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision."

20-401. Short title. This act shall be known and cited as the "Idaho Correctional Industries Act."

20-402. definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Agricultural employer" is as defined in section 44-1601, Idaho Code. (2) "Agricultural products" is as defined in section 22-2602, Idaho Code. (3) "Board" means the state board of correction. (4) "Correctional institution product…

20-403. Governing body created — Members. There is hereby created the governing body which shall consist of the members of the board of correction.

20-404. Authority and duties vested in board. The authority and duties established in this chapter are vested in the board of correction.

20-405. Governing body — Meetings — Quorum — Vote to transact business. The board of correction shall be the governing body of correctional industries. The board shall meet at such times and places as may be necessary for the conduct of its business. Meetings may be held at the c…

20-406. Compensation and expenses. All members shall also receive their actual and necessary expenses of travel and accommodations incurred in attending meetings of the board, attending other functions related to correctional industries, and in making investigations, either as a …

20-407. Jurisdiction of board. (1) The jurisdiction of the board of correction may extend to all productive enterprises in the prison facilities. (2) At each regular meeting of the board, the chairman shall report on the condition of each enterprise.

20-408. Duties of board. The board of correction shall: (1) Recommend productive enterprises in such volume and of such kinds as to eliminate unnecessary idleness among the inmates and to provide diversified work activities that will serve as a means of vocational education and r…

20-409. Payment of expenses of board. The expenses of the board shall be paid from the correctional industries betterment account.

20-411. Insurance of products, materials and equipment — Payment of cost of insurance. The board may, in its discretion, insure any or all products produced at any institution under the jurisdiction of the board of correction, whether the products are finished or unfinished, the …

20-412. training stipend — Amount — Crediting trainees’ inmate accounts — Civil rights — trainees not employees. (1) Each trainee engaged in an Idaho correctional industries training program authorized by this chapter may receive for his participation such training stipend as the…

20-413. Goods and services for government, nonprofit organizations, and public use — Contracts. The board is hereby authorized and empowered to cause the inmates in the state prison to be employed in the rendering of such services and in the production and manufacture of such art…

20-413A. training programs with certain private employers. (1) The board may establish training programs with certain private employers as authorized in this section. Authorized training programs shall include: (a) Contracts with private agricultural employers for the use of trai…

20-414. Disposition of products. All articles, materials, and supplies produced or manufactured under the provisions of this chapter shall be solely and exclusively for public or nonprofit organization use and no article, material, or supplies produced or manufactured under the p…

20-415. Correctional industries betterment account — Transfer of funds. Funds held by the board of correction on June 30, 1983, in depositories, shall be transferred therefrom by the board of correction, and deposited on July 1, 1983, with the treasurer of the state of Idaho in t…

20-416. Deposit and disposition of funds and receipts. (1) All funds transferred under the provisions of this act and moneys received for sale of goods or services under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the correctional industries betterment account. The board…

20-417. Marking products. Each and every article manufactured under the provisions of this act shall have plainly marked or stamped thereon the words "Idaho Correctional Industries."

20-418. Determination of prices. The board shall from time to time determine the price at which such services, articles, materials, and supplies shall be sold.

20-419. Account as continuing appropriation — Nonreversion. All moneys transferred to or hereafter placed in the correctional industries betterment account are hereby perpetually appropriated for the use and purposes specified in this chapter. The correctional industries betterme…

20-501. Legislative intent. (1) It is the policy of the state of Idaho that the juvenile corrections system will be based on the following principles: accountability, community protection, and competency development. Where a juvenile has been found to be within the purview of the…

20-502. Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Adult" means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older. (2) "Assessment" means a comprehensive and individualized examination of the mental health, substance use, or other needs for a j…

20-503. Department of juvenile corrections created — Appointment of director — Powers and duties of department. (1) The department of juvenile corrections is hereby created. The department shall, for the purposes of section 20, article IV, of the constitution of the state of Idah…

20-504. Duties of the department of juvenile corrections. (1) The department shall have jurisdiction over all juvenile offenders committed to it pursuant to chapter 5, title 20, Idaho Code. (2) The department shall have legal custody over all juvenile offenders committed to it by…

20-504A. State juvenile correctional centers — Purposes — Powers and duties of the department and the director. (1) The purposes of a juvenile correctional center shall be: (a) The care, control and competency development of adjudicated juvenile offenders meeting standards for ad…

20-505. Jurisdiction. Subject to the prior jurisdiction of the United States, the court shall have exclusive, original jurisdiction over any juvenile and over any adult who was a juvenile at the time of any act, omission or status, in the county in which the juvenile resides, or …

20-506. Transfer from other courts. If during the pendency of a criminal or quasi-criminal charge against any juvenile in any other court, it shall be ascertained that the juvenile was under the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of committing the alleged offense, except wher…

20-507. Retention of jurisdiction. Jurisdiction obtained by the court in the case of a juvenile offender shall be retained by it for the purposes of this act until he becomes twenty-one (21) years of age, unless terminated prior thereto. If a juvenile offender under the jurisdict…

20-508. Waiver of jurisdiction and transfer to other courts. (1) After the filing of a petition and after full investigation and hearing, the court may waive jurisdiction under the juvenile corrections act over the juvenile and order that the juvenile be held for adult criminal p…

20-509. Violent offenses, controlled substances violations near schools — offenders. (1) Any juvenile, age fourteen (14) years to age eighteen (18) years, who is alleged to have committed any of the following crimes or any person under age fourteen (14) years who is alleged to ha…

20-510. Information — Investigation — Petition. Any peace officer, any prosecuting attorney, or any authorized representative of the board of trustees of a school district of this state, having knowledge of a juvenile who is within the purview of this act may file a petition with…

20-511. Diversion. (1) Prior to the filing of any petition under this act, the prosecuting attorney may use the diversion process and refer the case directly to the county probation officer or a community-based diversion program for informal supervision and counseling. The prosec…