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                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 25
                        ESCAPE OR RESCUE OF PRISONERS
    18-2507.  EXPENSE OF PROSECUTION -- HOW PAID. Whenever a person is
prosecuted under any of the provisions of section 18-2505, Idaho Code, and
whenever a prisoner in the custody of the board of correction housed in a
state correctional facility, as defined in section 18-101A, Idaho Code, shall
be prosecuted for any crime committed therein, the clerk of the district court
shall make out a statement of all the costs incurred by the county for the
prosecution of such case, and for the guarding and keeping of such prisoner,
and when certified by the judge who tried the case, such statement shall be
audited by the board of examiners. If approved, the board of examiners shall
submit the claim, with a request for an appropriation, to the legislature at
its first session after the rendition of such claim. If the legislature
appropriates funds for such claim, the amount shall be paid by the board of
examiners to the treasurer of the county where the trial was had. The
provisions of this section shall apply to prosecution of a prisoner in the
custody of the board of correction and housed in a private correctional
facility unless otherwise provided for in any contract between the state of
Idaho and the private prison contractor entered into pursuant to chapter 2,
title 20, Idaho Code.
    Costs of prosecution of all other prisoners housed in a private
correctional facility shall be recoverable from the private prison contractor,
as provided in section 20-809, Idaho Code.