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Idaho prison officials say more inmates were relocated to a Texas facility earlier this week.

Idaho prison authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from a work detail during the weekend.

Idaho prison officials announced a new deal to house inmates in a Texas prison to ease crowding

Idaho prison officials say more inmates have been sent to a private prison facility out of state.

Idaho prison officials say another inmate has died from an apparent suicide at a facility near Boise.

An Idaho inmate has filed a lawsuit against the state's prison health care contractor contending he was denied adequate medical care.

BOISE, Idaho (KLIX) A man who once lived in Idaho and was convicted of supporting terrorist activities has now been charged for trying to murder a prison warden.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — President Barack Obama has granted a conditional commutation to an Idaho man serving time on a drug charge. Jose Flores Molina of Nampa was one of 98 people in the round of commutations announced by the White House last week.

To become an inmate on death row, you have to have committed some pretty disturbing crimes. Often at execution, the criminal is allowed to say some last words and sometimes those words only add to the creepiness.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's top prison official says the state will no longer house inmates in so-called dry cells — a type of cell without beds, sinks or toilets — and that all other segregated housing in the state's prisons is under review.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has sanctioned Idaho for misleading the court about medical and mental health care for inmates.

We often hear stories about criminals doing stupid things or criminals doing horrible things. But the fact of it all is that they broke the law - that's why they are referred to as criminals. For that reason it really bugs me when I read about inmates complaining about not having cable TV or th…