Idaho State Correctional Center (ISCC) is a state prison for men located in Kuna,

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, one of a cluster of seven detention facilities known as the "South Boise Prison Complex". The other prisons in the area are the Correctional Alternative Placement Program, the Idaho State Correctional Institution, the

Idaho Maximum Security Institution Idaho Maximum Security Institution (IMSI) is a maximum-security prison located near Kuna, Idaho, one of a cluster of seven detention facilities known as the "South Boise Prison Complex". The other prisons in the area are the Correctional Alternati ...

, the South Boise Women's Correctional Center, the South Idaho Correctional Institution, and the South Idaho Correctional Institution-Community Work Center. The ISCC opened in July 2000 as the first privately run prison in Idaho, operated by the

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. With a capacity of 2,080 inmates, it is also the largest prison in the state, housing maximum, medium, and minimum custody male offenders. In January 2014, Idaho governor

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announced that the state would take over control of the facility when the contract expired in June 2014, citing a long history of issues including violence within the facility and allegations of understaffing and contract fraud. Governor Otter himself has been a proponent of

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. In 2014, the

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began an investigation of the CCA management of the prison. The

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, which sued on behalf of inmates in 2010, claimed that understaffing resulted in high levels of violence at the facility, which prompted some inmates to refer to it as a "gladiator school." The ISCC maintains an active branch of the American Legion.

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