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November 11, 2008
Idaho private prison has triple assault rate
Idaho private prison has triple assault rate
Associated Press - November 10, 2008 5:44 PM ET
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho's only in-state private prison, the Idaho Correctional Center, has a violence rate that is three times higher than other Idaho prisons, and state officials say gangs are to blame.
Documents from the Idaho Department of Correction obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request show that between September 2007 and September 2008, there were 123 offender-on-offender assaults at the Correction Corp. of America-run prison near Boise. That compares to 42 assaults during the same period at the Idaho State Correctional Institute and 31 assaults at the Idaho Maximum Security Institute.
Put another way, half all inmate assaults at prisons statewide last year occurred at ICC.
ICC Warden Phillip Valdez says the private facility has taken steps to reduce the violence. Staff assignments have been shifted to allow more guards to work in the most violent units, and the center is upgrading its camera system by the end of the year.
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Posted by lois at November 11, 2008 10:46 AM