An Idaho Department of Correction officer at the Idaho State Correctional Center alleges that staff members are deliberately destroying inmates’ mail and other important documents.
- The claims, detailed in an email chain obtained by Idaho News 6 through a public records request, allege a pattern of mishandling dating back to November 2023.
( Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
Scott Amos works as an officer at the Idaho State Correctional Center in South Boise, where he claims staff members are purposely and repeatedly destroying mail to and from inmates.
Idaho News 6 obtained an email chain through a public records request that outlines a series of his complaints about inmate mail being mishandled as far back as November 2023.
In the email, Officer Amos, who declined our request for an on-camera interview citing an internal IDOC investigation, claims mail, concern forms, medical requests, and other documents were intentionally misplaced. He wrote:
“I found their incoming and outgoing mail, concern forms, diet slips, job applications, and many other personal documents discarded in the shred bins, drawers, and closets instead of being delivered to their intended recipients.”