Former Idaho Maximum Security Institution resident Mark Renick on Saturday broadcast his most recent interview with new Idaho department of Correction director Bree Derrick. Derrick, who was promoted from her former position of deputy director, informs Renick’s audience of her philosophy on corrections, updates on prison expansion and how the agency’s Free2Succeed community mentor program is now facing funding challenges.
Listen to the full interview here.
With over eight years of episodes available for streaming, Mark Renick hosts Victory Over Sin on Boise’s KBXL 94.1FM, Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. The program, funded by the Southwest Idaho advocacy arm of St. Vincent de Paul, shares what it’s like to live incarcerated in Idaho, and then to come out of incarceration and live on parole.