Crawford v. Department of Correction

WALTERS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory ruling of the Industrial Commission disallowing worker’s compensation benefits to an inmate injured in the performance of maintenance duties at the community work center where she was serving her sentence. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

DeeAnn Crawford was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and committed to the custody of the Idaho State Board of Correction for a period of seven years. Crawford was serving her sentence at the Boise Community Work Center, when on August 28, 1996, one of the officers on duty instructed Crawford…