Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 20-101 (2026)

Establishment and use of penitentiary and rehabilitation centers. 

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Establishment and use of penitentiary and rehabilitation centers. 

There shall be continually maintained for the care and custody of prisoners in Idaho, correctional facilities, and state rehabilitation centers, for use by the state board of correction located in the county of Ada and at such other places in the state of Idaho as may be determined by the board of correction; provided however that no facility may be acquired except as provided by law. All offenders convicted and sentenced according to law to imprisonment in the state prison, shall be committed to the custody of the state board of correction. All persons convicted of crimes against the laws of this state, and sentenced to confinement in the state prison shall be committed to the custody of the state board of correction, and must, during the term of their confinement, perform such labor under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the state board of correction.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1986–2020 · leading case: Killeen v. Vernon, 822 P.2d 991 (Idaho 1991).
Killeen v. Vernon, 822 P.2d 991 (Idaho 1991). · cites it 4× “The Sheriff refers to I.C. § 20-101, which requires that all state prisoners be committed to the custody of the state board of correction, and to the provisions of I.”
Brennan v. State, 841 P.2d 441 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “We said: In light of I.C. § 20-101, it would appear improper for the board of correction to obtain custody and hold any offender at one of its institutions where the offender has not been both convicted and sentenced in respect to some charge.”
Crawford v. Dep't of Corr., 991 P.2d 358 (Idaho 1999). · cites it 2× “The existing law provided that all persons convicted of crimes against the laws of the state and confined by the board of correction in the state prison were required, during the term of their confinement, to perform “such labor under such rules and regulations as may be…”
Sivak v. State, 730 P.2d 1047 (Idaho Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 6× “I.C. § 20-101 states that “[a]ll offenders convicted and sentenced according to law to imprisonment in the state prison, shall be committed to the custody of the state board of correction.”
Goodrick - Certified Question of Law (Idaho 2020). · cites it 6× “Under this constitutional requirement, the legislature established the Board as the “constitutional board of correction prescribed by section 5, article X, of the constitution of the state of Idaho.”
Goodrick v. Field (D. Idaho 2020). · cites it 4× “Under this constitutional requirement, the legislature established the Board as the “constitutional board of correction prescribed by section 5, article X, of the constitution of the state of Idaho.”
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