Idaho’s prisons are full. Corrections agency will request $45.3 million to open three new facilities.
The South Idaho Correctional Institution sign outside the facility in Kuna. The facility houses about 400 women and 300 men. (Photo by Laura Guido/Idaho Capital Sun)
If a woman incarcerated at the South Idaho Correctional Institution in Kuna has a dentist appointment, she has to walk through the men’s side of the prison to attend it. To do that, correctional staff must shut down much of the men’s side, restricting everybody’s movement to get her to her appointment.
There are nearly 400 women and 300 men at the medium-security prison, which was originally designed for men.
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