BOISE, ID - The IDDOC and the GEO Group Inc. have agreed to relocate 419 Idaho offenders currently in Newton, Texas to the Bill Clayton Detention and Dickens County Correctional centers. Both facilities are near Lubbock, Texas and are operated by GEO.

 “This is a temporary move,” said IDDOC Director Vaughn Killeen. “We are currently in the process of developing a long-term solution, which includes bringing all Idaho inmates back to Idaho.”

GEO recently requested that Idaho vacate the Newton facility as soon as possible to create space for other Texas inmates. Idaho offenders have been incarcerated at NCCC since March. GEO is paying for the relocation, which will occur within the next two weeks.