Criminal Justice Reform

Kevin joined the Idaho Department of Correction in 1995 as a correctional officer at Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center. He went on to serve in a variety of positions including parole officer, investigator, section supervisor, district manager, warden, chief of prisons and deputy director. The Idaho Board of Corrections appointed Kevin Director of the department in December 2014.

As director, Kevin oversees the entirety of IDOC’s operations including its nine prisons, four community re-entry centers and seven probation and parole districts. The department has an annual budget of $220 million and employs nearly 2,000 corrections professionals. They are responsible for the incarceration and community supervision of 22,000 felony offenders.

As Kevin has risen through the ranks, he has sought to remain close to those correctional professionals who have the difficult and often dangerous job of directly managing felony offenders on a daily basis. He calls his frontline staff “unsung heroes.”

In 2006, Kevin was appointed to the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision. The commission is the national organization that oversees the transfer and relocation of felony offenders across state lines. During his six years as Idaho’s representative, his peers twice elected him to leadership positions. He first served as treasurer and later as vice president of the organization.

Today Kevin is an active member of the Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA). This association is made up of each director in the United States.  He  is a member of the  ASCA committees for Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), Racial Disparity, and Reentry.

Under Kevin's leadership, the Department of Correction is experiencing reform in every area. Projects like Justice Reinvestment, Justice Program Assessment and Restrictive Housing Reform will have many positive effects on the system and elevate IDOC as one of the best corrections agencies in the country.