20-808. MONITORING PRIVATE PRISONS. In addition to and without limit-
ing the authority provided in this chapter or by contract entered into pur-
suant to section 20-805, Idaho Code, or as provided by other applicable law,
the board of county commissioners, the county sheriff, the prosecuting at-
torney or the authorized agents and employees of a county in which a private
prison facility is located and the governing board of a city, the city attor-
ney, law enforcement personnel of the city and other authorized agents and
employees of the city in which a private prison facility is located, shall be
authorized to monitor the facility and to enter the facility and the grounds
thereof for the following purposes:
(1) To determine if the private prison contractor, its personnel and
the private prison facility are in compliance with the provisions of this
chapter, all laws of the state of Idaho and any ordinances or written poli-
cies and procedures of the county or city governing the private prison facil-
ity;
(2) To investigate any criminal conduct which has occurred, is occur-
ring or is alleged to have occurred in or on the grounds of, or otherwise in
connection with, the facility;
(3) To determine whether the facility is being operated in a manner
which adequately safeguards and protects the safety of the public;
(4) To review prisoner security or custody classifications to deter-
mine whether any classifications need to be revised.
[20-808, added 1998, ch. 360, sec. 1, p. 1129; am. 2001, ch. 335, sec.
7, p. 1189.]