When it comes to the state budget, Idaho’s roughly 75 agencies and departments are feeling the deficit squeeze in 2026.

On Friday, state police and corrections officials painted a grim picture of cuts their departments may face —which would ...

The Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) is facing a growing challenge as its prison population rises while resources dwindle. In 2025, the department's cash balance was down by $17 million ...

Idaho’s rising rates of incarcerating state prisoners in county jails and out of state have led to skyrocketing costs. The ...

The Idaho Legislature’s budget committee got its first look Tuesday at plans for additional new budget cuts that the state’s ...

BOISE — Idaho Department of Correction Director Bree Derrick came before the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Monday ...

The state of Idaho could be forced to furlough all commissioned Idaho State Police troopers and more than 1,200 prison staff if the Idaho Legislature enacts additional new budget cuts of 2% that ...

After a federal judge ruled that the Idaho Department of Corrections must provide a trans inmate sex reassignment surgery to match her gender identity, the state appealed the verdict to the Ninth ...

This image provided by the Idaho Department of Correction shows Thomas Eugene Creech on Jan. 9, 2009. Creech, Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate, is scheduled to be executed Feb. 28, 2024 in ...

Jerimee Ryan Seamans, 35, walked away from a worksite near the Boise Airport around 9 a.m., the Idaho Department of ...

Idaho’s prison chief warns that budget cuts could mean furloughs, fewer guards, and more safety risks as overcrowding grows ...