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Idaho scales back claim of problems at prison
By idahobusinessreview.com
Published: 08/01/2014

Idaho Department of Correction officials have dramatically scaled back their assessment of problems encountered when they took over the running of the state’s largest prison from Corrections Corporation of America this month.

IDOC division chief Shane Evans had told the state Board of Correction the week of July 21 that the company failed to leave behind a promised eight-day supply of medication for inmates, and a health care provider had to ship $100,000 worth of medication overnight “just to get us to the minimum amount we were supposed to have on hand.”

But in a follow-up meeting July 31, Evans said the cost of the missing drugs was actually only about $8,800 and there was only a verbal agreement that the medicines would be left behind.

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