Intrastate Transfers

DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTION

COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS
DIVISION
DIRECTIVE NUMBER:
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SUBJECT:

Intrastate Transfers
Updated: 09-1995
Reformatted: 03-20-2001

01.00.00. POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT
It is the policy of the Department to be a member of and use the interstate compact
agreement. The objective of the interstate compact is to allow parolees and
probationers to transfer from one state to another within legally prescribed statutes.
01.01.00. PURPOSE

To set forth the procedures for the intrastate transfer of offenders supervised by the
Division of Field and Community Services (FCS).
02.00.00. TABLE OF CONTENTS

01.00.00. POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT
01.01.00. Purpose
02.00.00. TABLE OF CONTENTS
03.00.00. REFERENCES
04.00.00. DEFINITIONS
05.00.00. PROCEDURE

03.00.00. REFERENCES
Board of Correction.
04.00.00. DEFINITIONS
Compliance: The client is actively working toward fulfilling general or special conditions
of supervision.
Financial Obligation: Any departmental, court or commission-imposed monetary
obligation a client is responsible for while under supervision.
Intrastate Transfer: The transfer of responsibility for the supervision of a case from one
District to another, within the Division of Community Corrections Division.
Receiving District: The District Office being requested to receive the transfer of
supervision of an offender.

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Sending District: The District Office requesting to transfer the supervision of an offender
to another jurisdiction.
05.00.00. PROCEDURE
It is the policy of the Department of Correction that supervision of offenders will be
provided by probation/parole officers in the offender’s District of residence. The
Department will provide a procedure governing the transfer of cases between Districts
within the state of Idaho to allow ongoing supervision to offenders who wish to relocate.
To be eligible for intrastate transfer, the client shall be in compliance with all general
and specific conditions of supervision and have no pending violations or criminal
charges.
The client shall advise and obtain approval the supervising officer of the proposed
change in residence and will provide the address, place of employment, treatment
agency and any other information required by the officer.
The officer shall check the client’s status with respect to conditions of supervision,
pending violations or new criminal activity.
If the client requesting a transfer is not in compliance with the terms of supervision, the
officer may:
Handle the violation(s) informally by working with the offender to get him/her into
compliance.
Notify the Court/Parole Commission of the client’s failure to comply by the filing of
a Special Report or a Report of Violation.
When the client becomes compliant and has completed violation proceedings or Court
for criminal activity, the officer may then submit the case for transfer.
If the proposed move will in any way interfere with the client’s ability to comply with
special conditions, the transfer request will be denied.

The officer shall prepare the file for transfer as follows:

Purge any unnecessary or unauthorized material from the file.

Obtain all Court/Parole Commission orders as soon as possible, including those

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pertaining to any recent violations or criminal proceedings. If they are not
immediately available, the sending officer shall note the orders in the transfer
chrono (see #4) and then forward them to the receiving District as soon as they do
become available.
Assure there is a Risk/Need Assessment that has been prepared within the
preceding three months. If the last assessment is older than three months, the
officer will complete a new assessment.
Prepare a transfer chrono in red in the field notes which s hall address, but not be
limited to, the following:
The client’s new address, place of employment and treatment agency.
A brief summary of the client’s progress while under the supervision of the
sending officer with respect to special conditions, financ ial obligations and the
case plan.
The district manager or designee shall sign the chrono.
Include all the original field sheets.
For new cases, the sending officer should activate the case before submitting
it for transfer.
Once completed, the file wi ll be forwarded to the receiving district manager with a
note identifying this as an intrastate case.
The client will be issued a travel permit and instructed to report to the receiving
district within two working days and present the travel permit to tha t office.
Upon receipt of the transferred case, the receiving officer should verify residence
and employment and inspect the file within 14 days to assure that the case meets
transfer policy requirements and accept supervision. If it does not, the following
procedure will be followed:
The receiving officer will notify his/her district manager or d esignee that the
case may be rejected and document the reasons in the field notes.
The receiving district manager or designee will contact the sending district
manager or designee to advise of the case’s rejection and if the problem

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cannot be handled informally, the file will be returned to the sending District.
Once the problem necessitating rejection is rectified, the case may be
resubmitted for transfer.
The client may be issued a travel permit and instructed to return to the
sending District within 24 hours.
For cases that are rejected, the sending District will be responsible for
supervision of the client and handling any violations which may occur until the
case is accepted for transfer.
Upon the acceptance of transfer, the receiving District will:
Prepare a caseload/COS form for transfer to the receiving caseload and
submit to senior secretary for entry on offender system.
Notify the sending District of the acceptance of transfer by sending a copy of
the caseload/COS form.
Notify the District of origin of the acceptance of transfer, if this is not the
sending District, by memo and with a copy of the caseload/COS form.
If a client is currently being supervised by one District for another and wishes to
move to another state, the supervising Distri ct will initiate the transfer request and
continue to monitor the case pending acceptance by the receiving state. Upon
acceptance,
The supervising District will prepare a caseload/COS form indicating in which
state the client has been accepted for supervision.
The caseload/COS form will be submitted to senior secretary for entry into the
offender system then forwarded, along with the file, to the District of origin.
Upon receipt in the District of origin, the parole/probation officer assigned to
monitor the case will complete a caseload/COS form noting the change in
District and parole/probation officer.

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