Boise County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility Inmate Lookup

Boise County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility Overview

The Boise County Sheriff's Office operates the Boise County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility at the sheriff's office in Idaho City. Sheriff Scott Turner is treated as the current elected sheriff because the Idaho Secretary of State election database shows his 2020 and 2024 Boise County sheriff wins. The county detention policy calls the operation a holding facility and places it under the sheriff, chief deputy, jail commander, and jail deputies. The policy describes temporary county custody for people arrested through the daily activity of the Boise County Sheriff's Office and other local law-enforcement agencies.

This is not an Idaho Department of Correction prison and it is not a federal detention center. The local policy says no person under 18 is admitted. It also requires written procedures tied to Idaho Jail Standards, the United States Constitution, Boise County Sheriff's Department policy, county personnel rules, and Idaho criminal law for housing and care of inmates.

The official Boise County Sheriff's Office page shows the sheriff's address and public contact channel. That same source is the best public starting point when a family member needs to confirm whether a recent Boise County arrest is still in the local holding facility. The screenshot below is source-matched to the sheriff contact page.

Because this is a holding-facility model, custody status may change quickly. A person may be released, moved for court, transferred to Ada County Jail, sent to IDOC after a sentence, or held for another agency. Phone confirmation matters more here than a stale web search result.

Boise County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility Capacity and Population

Boise County did not publish a rated capacity, current jail population dashboard, daily average population table, or annual booking report in the official sources reviewed. Research Section 15 lists Boise County holding-facility capacity and current jail ADP as not published in the located sheriff and holding-facility materials.

The available population context is therefore procedural rather than numeric. The county policy confirms temporary custody, intake records, cell assignments, inmate counts, and shift logs, but it does not provide a public bed count. Vera's incarceration-trends methods material also matters because it identifies Boise County as a small county that sends people to a jail run by adjacent Ada County.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Boise County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility

No official Boise County online inmate roster, recent-bookings feed, or mugshot gallery was located. For a Boise County arrest, use the Boise County Sheriff's Office, the Boise County Sheriff's Records Section, Idaho iCourt after a court case is filed, VINELink for custody notifications where available, and the Ada County roster if the person was housed in the regional jail.

1. Call the Boise County Sheriff's Office at 208-392-4411 with the person's full legal name and date of birth.
2. Ask whether the person is still in the holding facility, released, transferred to Ada County Jail, moved to IDOC, or held on another agency warrant or detainer.
3. If you need records rather than live custody status, call the Records Section at 208-392-6059 and submit a written request.
4. Check Idaho iCourt for filed charges and hearings, or the IDOC Resident/Client Search after a state sentence transfer.

The records page says law-enforcement records are different from ordinary public records. Open investigations, victim information, personal identifying information, and fair-trial concerns can limit what is released, and Boise County states that no information is released pursuant to telephone requests for records.

The Boise County Sheriff's Records Section page explains the written-request process and the records phone number. The image below is included because it matches the public-records request channel for this facility.

Boise County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility Address and Contact

The sheriff's office is the direct contact point for Boise County holding-facility custody questions. Use the main number for live custody routing and the records number when asking how to submit a written public-records request.

Visiting Someone at Boise County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility

Boise County did not publish a modern visitor calendar online. The holding-facility policy says public visits are authorized by the Jail Commander and must be at least 20 minutes when allowed. It also requires a visitor register with the visitor name, time and date, inmate visited, and relationship. Attorney and clergy visits are treated separately and are not monitored except for visual observation needed for security.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Boise County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility

The Boise County holding-facility policy does not publish a public mail vendor, commissary vendor, or online deposit vendor. It does require inmate funds to be safeguarded, lock-box deposits to be documented, and deposit and withdrawal records to be maintained in the inmate file. It also gives admitted inmates telephone access to family, a bail bondsman, and an attorney after the admission process.

Booking and Intake at Boise County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility

The Boise County policy requires the admitting officer to identify the arresting or committing officer, verify the authority to commit the person, and confirm appropriate paperwork. Intake records include date and time of admission, name and aliases, charges, committing agency, date of birth and age, race, sex, physical description, address, emergency contact, and other identifying details. Inmates are photographed and fingerprinted, and property is inventoried.

Medical screening is part of intake. If a person appears ill, injured, incoherent, or otherwise unsafe for admission, the arresting or committing officer must obtain medical documentation of examination, treatment, and fitness for confinement. The policy also describes closer monitoring for suicide risk, serious or contagious illness, intoxication, alcohol addiction, mental illness, or other special needs.

Release is documented too. Staff must positively identify the inmate, verify the release authority, and check for any detainer, hold, or warrant that would block release. If the person is released to another authority, the receiving officer's identity is verified and the date, time, authority for release, and receiving authority are recorded.

About Boise County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility

The holding-facility policy covers staffing, annual policy review, fiscal controls, training, fire safety, inmate rights, grievances, discipline, meals, clothing, bedding, hygiene, religious practice, medical care, and emergency planning. Staff must be awake and on duty on a 24-hour basis whenever inmates are housed, and inmate checks occur at least every 30 minutes on an irregular schedule. The facility must also complete documented physical inmate counts every 24 hours.

Programs and services are limited by the holding-facility model, but inmate files include a record of participation in programs and services. The policy recognizes access to attorneys, courts, legal material, basic medical and dental care, religious practice, correspondence, and the grievance process, subject to facility security and order.

Daily conditions are described in practical detail. The policy requires meals planned to provide a nutritionally balanced diet, access to showers, basic hygiene items without charge, facility clothing for people held overnight, and regular laundry exchange for clothing and linens. It also requires emergency medical care to be handled immediately and complex care to be addressed through transfer or court alternatives when the holding facility cannot provide proper care.