2005 Idaho Code - 20-209 — CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PRISONERS -- RULES

                                  TITLE  20
                        STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS
                                  CHAPTER 2
                          STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS
    20-209.  CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PRISONERS
-- 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, and shall provide for the care, maintenance and employment of all
prisoners now or hereinafter committed to its custody.
    (2)  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.
    (3)  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.
    (4)  The state board of correction is authorized to provide medical and
counseling services to those prisoners who have been exposed to the HIV (human
immunodeficiency virus) which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
or who have been diagnosed as having contracted a human immunodeficiency viral
disease.
    (5)  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.