2005 Idaho Code - 20-237 — TRANSMISSION OF CONVICTED PERSONS TO PENITENTIARY OR CUSTODY OF BOARD -- NOTICE OF CONVICTION TO DIRECTOR -- TRANSPORTED BY GUARDS -- TIME FOR NOTICE

                                  TITLE  20
                        STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS
                                  CHAPTER 2
                          STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS
    20-237.  TRANSMISSION OF CONVICTED PERSONS TO PENITENTIARY OR CUSTODY OF
BOARD -- NOTICE OF CONVICTION TO DIRECTOR -- TRANSPORTED BY GUARDS -- TIME FOR
NOTICE. When any person is convicted in any court of the state and sentenced
to imprisonment and committed to the custody of the state board of correction,
or sentenced to suffer the death penalty, the sheriff of the county in which
such conviction shall have been had shall immediately, upon passing of
sentence, notify the director that a person is in his custody. Such notice
shall be transmitted by either telegraph or telephone, followed by a written
confirmation by certified mail. As soon as possible upon receipt of such
notice, the director shall dispatch one or more correctional officers, as may
be necessary, from the department to the place where the convicted person is
detained, to secure and convey said convicted person to any department of
correction facility, or other facility within the state designated by the
state board of correction. The convicted person, a certified copy of the
judgment, a copy of the presentence investigation report, if any, a copy of
any disciplinary reports filed against the convicted person while in the
sheriff's custody and all of the additional documents and allowable personal
property, including medications as set forth in section 20-243, Idaho Code,
shall be delivered into the custody of the director or his representative at
the time of or prior to the delivery of the convicted person to the
department. If all such records, documents, and property are not delivered at
that time, the director or his representative may refuse to accept or
transport the convicted person to a department facility.