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Idaho Code § 20-209 (2026)

Control and management of correctional facilities and prisoners — rehabilitative services — Rules. 

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Control and management of correctional facilities and prisoners — rehabilitative services — Rules. 

(1) The state board of correction shall have the control, direction, and management of such correctional facilities as may be acquired for use by the state board of correction and all property owned or used in connection therewith. The board shall provide for the care and maintenance of all prisoners now or hereinafter committed to its custody. The board may also provide for employment of those prisoners housed at a correctional facility. Nothing in this section creates a right to any employment.

(2)  The state board of correction may provide or facilitate research-based rehabilitative services at the discretion of the Idaho department of correction and as resources permit for incarcerated and community-based offenders. The rehabilitative services may include programs for behavioral modification, education, vocational education, sexual offenders, substance abuse, gender responsive programs, and other programs that correctional research supports reduction of risk for offender populations. Nothing contained in this subsection shall create any right to rehabilitative services.
(3)  The state board of correction shall have the authority to enter into contracts with private prison contractors for the site selection, design, design/building, acquisition, construction, construction management, maintenance, leasing, leasing/purchasing, management or operation of private prison facilities or any combination of those services subject to the requirements and limitations set forth in section 20-241A, Idaho Code.
(4)  The state board of correction shall have the authority to promulgate rules required by law or necessary or desirable to carry out all duties assigned to the department of correction pursuant to the provisions of chapter 8, title 20, Idaho Code, which authority shall include the power and duties to prescribe standards, rules, and procedures for licensure of private prison contractors, to develop and provide, in conjunction with the department of administration, a uniform contract for use by local contracting authorities in contracting with private prison contractors, to review records and historical information of all prisoners proposed to be housed in private prison facilities and to approve or reject the housing of all prisoners, to monitor the status of insurance of private prison contractors, to approve suitable training programs for firearm certification for employees of private prison contractors, and to approve suitable drug testing programs for prisoners housed with private prison contractors. All final decisions by the board shall be subject to review pursuant to the provisions and procedures of the administrative procedure act, chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.
(5)  The state board of correction is authorized to provide medical and counseling services to those prisoners who have been exposed to HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), or who have been diagnosed as having contracted a human immunodeficiency viral disease.
(6)  The state board of correction should provide educational and informational services to prisoners housed in Idaho and to its department employees in order to assure that the transmission of HIV within correctional facilities is diminished.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1955–2022 · leading case: Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976).
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Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976). · cites it 2× “§ 77-309 (e) (1973); Idaho Code § 20-209 (Supp. 1976); Ill. Ann.”
Mahaffey v. State, 392 P.2d 279 (Idaho 1964). · cites it 2× “10, § 5; I.C. § 20-209. While courts have inherent power to control and prevent abuse of their orders and processes, Pond v.”
Shain v. Idaho State Penitentiary, 291 P.2d 870 (Idaho 1955). · cites it 4× “Idaho has enlarged further upon the civil status of its prisoners in the penitentiary by creation of its board of correction which has the control, direction and management of the penitentiary and the care, maintenance and employment of the inmates, I.C. § 20-209, and of their…”
State v. Reese, 563 P.2d 405 (Idaho 1977). · cites it 2× “The supervision and maintenance of prisons in the State of Idaho is a function of the executive branch of the government; the State Board of Correction is the body which has been expressly granted the control, direction and management of the state penitentiary.”
Killeen v. Vernon, 822 P.2d 991 (Idaho 1991). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 20-209 requires that the Board of Correction provide care, maintenance and employment of state prisoners.”
Burge v. State, 413 P.2d 451 (Idaho 1966). · cites it 2× “5; I.C. § 20-209; and that the courts do not have jurisdiction to supervise matters of ordinary prison discipline.”
Searcy v. Idaho State Bd. of Corr., 376 P.3d 750 (Idaho 2016). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 20-209(1). This Court has recognized that “[t]he supervision and maintenance of prisons in the State of Idaho is a function of the executive branch of the government; the State Board of Correction is the body which has been expressly granted the control, direction and…”
Goodrick - Certified Question of Law (Idaho 2020). · cites it 32× “Section 20-209 does not create a right to paid or unpaid work during a prisoner’s period of incarceration or establish an employer-employee relationship between the Board and the prisoner.”
Goodrick v. Field (D. Idaho 2020). · cites it 28× “Section 20-209 does not create a right to paid or unpaid work during a prisoner’s period of incarceration or establish an employer-employee relationship between the Board and the prisoner.”
Goodrick v. Field (D. Idaho 2020). · cites it 8× “Statutory Cause of Action Plaintiff asserts that he and all IDOC prisoners have a state-created liberty interest in being employed, arising from Idaho Code § 20-209 : Control and management of correctional facilities and prisoners — rehabilitative services — Rules.”
Hayes v. The Entity (IDOC) (D. Idaho 2022). · cites it 8× “He contends that Idaho Code § 20-209 grants him the right to prison employment.”
Ayarzagoitia v. Christensen (D. Idaho 2020). · cites it 7× “Claims Challenging the Constitutionality of Idaho Code § 20-209 (3) and (4) and Idaho Code § 20 -241A, Which Govern Private Prison Contracts Plaintiff asserts that other Idaho statutory sections violate the Due Process Clause.”
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— Idaho Code § 20-209(1) — 5 cases
Searcy v. Idaho State Bd. of Corr., 376 P.3d 750 (Idaho 2016). “I.C. § 20-209(1). This Court has recognized that “[t]he supervision and maintenance of prisons in the State of Idaho is a function of the executive branch of the government; the State Board of Correction is the body which has been expressly granted the control, direction and…”
Goodrick - Certified Question of Law (Idaho 2020). “Section 20-209 does not create a right to paid or unpaid work during a prisoner’s period of incarceration or establish an employer-employee relationship between the Board and the prisoner.”
Goodrick v. Field (D. Idaho 2020). “Section 20-209 does not create a right to paid or unpaid work during a prisoner’s period of incarceration or establish an employer-employee relationship between the Board and the prisoner.”
Hayes v. The Entity (IDOC) (D. Idaho 2022). “He contends that Idaho Code § 20-209 grants him the right to prison employment.”
Barry Searcy v. State Bd of Corr. (Idaho Ct. App. 2015).
— Idaho Code § 20-209(2) — 1 case
Finis Eugene White v. Terema Carlin (Idaho Ct. App. 2012).
— Idaho Code § 20-209(3) — 1 case
Ayarzagoitia v. Christensen (D. Idaho 2020). “Claims Challenging the Constitutionality of Idaho Code § 20-209 (3) and (4) and Idaho Code § 20 -241A, Which Govern Private Prison Contracts Plaintiff asserts that other Idaho statutory sections violate the Due Process Clause.”
— Idaho Code § 20-209(4) — 1 case
Ayarzagoitia v. Christensen (D. Idaho 2020). “Claims Challenging the Constitutionality of Idaho Code § 20-209 (3) and (4) and Idaho Code § 20 -241A, Which Govern Private Prison Contracts Plaintiff asserts that other Idaho statutory sections violate the Due Process Clause.”
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