GOVERNOR BRAD LITTLE DISCLOSES BOARD OF CORRECTIONS INTENDS TO CONSTRUCT NEW IDAHO WOMEN'S PRISON

In a May 8, 2024 radio interview on the Nate Shellman show on Boise market radio station KBOI, Idaho Governor Brad Little answered a question from a listener who asked when Idaho prisoners would be returned from privately operated out-of-state prisons.

In response to the question, the governor said that the [Idaho] Board of Corrections and the Department of Correction are working on the construction of a women's prison. According to the Governor Little, once the new prison is completed and the female prisoners are transferred, there will be enough room to return all male prisoners from out of state facilities, as well as to have all Idaho state prisoners housed in county jails brought back into the prison system.

Although I'm not aware of any funding appropriated by the Idaho Legislature for the construction of a new prison, there could well be something going on behind the scenes.