Idaho Retrieves More Inmates
Idaho Department of Correction officials say a decline in the number of state inmates has made room for 130 prisoners to be brought back to the Gem State from Oklahoma. Report from the AP.
The inmates arrived in Idaho on Monday.
Idaho has been relying on out-of-state prisons to house its inmates for a decade. But Department of Correction Director Brent Reinke said in a prepared statement Monday that the criminal justice system – from the courts to the treatment providers to the parole board – are functioning more efficiently. He says that’s led to an unprecedented decline in the state’s prison population, with 100 fewer inmates in state custody compared to last July.
Now 188 Idaho inmates remain at the Oklahoma prison. They are expected to be brought back by this fall.