T20CH7

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20-701

TITLE 20 STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS CHAPTER 7 INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT 20-701. Interstate Corrections Compact. The Interstate Corrections Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with any other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT ARTICLE I–PURPOSE AND POLICY The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of offenders with the most economical use of human and material resources. ARTICLE II–DEFINITIONS As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) State means a state of the United States; the United States of America; a territory or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (b) Sending state means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had. (c) Receiving state means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had. (d) Inmate means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to, or confined in a penal or correctional institution. (e) Institution means any penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which inmates as defined in (d) above may lawfully be confined. ARTICLE III–CONTRACTS (a) Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for: 1. Its duration. 2. Payments to be made to the receiving state by the sending state for inmate maintenance, extraordinary medical and dental expenses, and any participation in or receipt by inmates of rehabilitative or correctional services, facilities, programs or treatment not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance. 3. Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or crediting of any payments received by inmates on account thereof; and the crediting of proceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom. 4. Delivery and retaking of inmates. 5. Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities and rights of the sending and receiving states. (b) The

20-702

TITLE 20 STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS CHAPTER 7 INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT 20-702. Commitment or transfer of inmates. Any court or other agency or officer of this state having power to commit or transfer an inmate (as defined in Article II(d) of the Interstate Corrections Compact) to any institution for confinement may commit or transfer such inmate to any institution within or without this state if this state has entered into a contract or contracts for the confinement of inmates in said institution pursuant to Article III of the Interstate Corrections Compact. History: [20-702, added 1959, ch. 56, sec. 2, p. 117; am. 1974, ch. 249, sec. 3, p. 1638.]

20-703

TITLE 20 STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS CHAPTER 7 INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT 20-703. Enforcement of compact and effectuation of purpose. The courts, departments, agencies and officers of this state and its subdivisions shall enforce this compact and shall do all things appropriate to the effectuation of its purpose and intent which may be within their respective jurisdictions including but not limited to the making and submission of such reports as are required by the compact. History: [20-703, added 1959, ch. 56, sec. 3, p. 117.]

20-704

TITLE 20 STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS CHAPTER 7 INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT 20-704. Hearings. The board of correction or such other agency or officer designated for such purpose by the governor, is hereby authorized and directed to hold such hearings within or without the state of Idaho as may be requested by any other party state pursuant to Article IV(f) of the Interstate Corrections Compact. History: [20-704, added 1959, ch. 56, sec. 4, p. 117; am. 1974, ch. 249, sec. 4, p. 1638; am. 2025, ch. 47, sec. 2, p. 223.]