The Idaho Department of Correction lists 10 in-state prison locations. Earlier this year, Money Inc. put together a list of the “20 Worst Prisons in America” and one of those facilities made the list.
Idaho's climbing prison population has a group of lawmakers giving a second look at some recommendations made by policy experts three years ago, including reclassifying some felonies as misdemeanors and increasing efforts to prevent people from going to prison in the first place.