Bree Derrick will lead the agency after longtime director Josh Tewalt departs for the private sector. Derrick has served as ...

Governor Brad Little announced that the Idaho Board of Correction has appointed Bree Derrick as the new director of the Idaho ...

A bill that would allow death penalty sentences for adults convicted of sexually abusing children ages 12 and younger has ...

Idaho will become the only state to fatally shoot death row inmates as its main execution method. Idaho Gov. Brad Little on ...

Idaho Department of Correction Director Josh Tewalt noted the issue in a 2024 letter to staff following the state’s failed attempt at executing Thomas Creech, a 74-year-old serial killer ...

Idaho ’s governor signed into law a bill Wednesday making the firing squad the state’s primary method of execution. Joan ...

A former Idaho prisoner who once worked in construction has sued Idaho’s prison system and its for-profit private medical provider after his fractured hand was left untreated, alleging that the ...

Shooting prisoners to death has consequences for the reputation of the state,” a national death penalty expert said.

Josh Tewalt, director of the Idaho Department of Correction, is leaving the post after more than six years as part of more than 13 years with the state agency. Kyle Green Associated Press Idaho ...

Tonia Huber, the woman accused of driving the escape car during a prison escape and shooting at Saint Alphonsus in Boise, was sentenced on Friday.

Governor Brad Little announced today the Idaho Board of Correction appointed Bree Derrick to serve as director of the Idaho ...