Ada County jail inmate search

The Ada County Sheriff's Office maintains the Ada County Sheriff Inmate Roster, where you can check custody status online. Type the person's name in the search box, and their record will come up.

Adults held at the facility on criminal offenses appear on this list, along with bail details where release is possible. The page only refreshes every 24 hours, and juveniles aren't included.

New arrests don't appear online right away because the Inmate Roster only refreshes every 24 hours. Call the jail information line at (208) 577-3000 to check on a fresh arrest before the next daily update.

Use these numbers, drawn from the Inmate Roster and Ada County Sheriff Visitation page:

• (208) 577-3000: General jail information
• 208 577-3113: Jail questions about online video visitation
• 1.866.516.0115: Getting Out support for video visits and deposits

The main lobby for the Ada County Sheriff's Office is at 7200 Barrister Drive. According to the Ada County Sheriff Jail page, the main jail has 1,116 beds and is on the same campus.

The Community Transition Center gets people ready for release; of its 100 beds, 68 are for men and 32 are for women.

Jail operations and custody records fall under the Ada County Sheriff's Office. This agency runs the public lookup linked on the Ada County Arrests Inmates Warrants page, and staff answer status calls at (208) 577-3000.

According to the Ada County Sheriff Visitation page, every visit is an online video visit booked through Getting Out.

• Weekly, an inmate receives 2 free 25-minute visits.
• More visits cost a small fee.
• Call 208 577-3113 for jail visit questions, or 1.866.516.0115 for Getting Out support.

Write to Ada County Jail, ID, with your name and address, the person's full name, and the JID number. Mail gets scanned digitally, and nudity or sexual images are banned. Books and magazines go to 7210 Barrister Drive, Boise, ID 83704, and they need to come from a publisher or bookstore, not from Amazon.

You can add money online through Getting Out or Telemate, or use cash, Visa, or debit cards at the Sheriff's Office lobby kiosk. The Mail, Payments, and Commissary page explains that commissary is the jail store for paper, clothes, and snacks. To send packages, use iCare at icaregifts.com.

Incoming phone calls aren't an option for people held in this jail. According to the Mail, Payments, and Commissary page, most can instead buy phone time and place outgoing calls.

Names, photos, and arrest records don't appear on County Jail Lookup. To see what the county makes public, use the Ada County Inmate Roster. It shows adults in custody for criminal offenses, gives bail details if release is an option, and leaves out juveniles.

A bond promises money to the court, letting a person go free before their court date. The lobby counter at the Sheriff's Office, 7200 Barrister Drive, is where you pay the bond and a $25 fee for each bond.

These payment choices are accepted on the Ada County Sheriff Jail page, but personal checks and credit cards are never taken:

• Cash; a lobby ATM is available
• A money order or cashier's check
• A bail bond service that the Idaho Department of Insurance regulates

Read how to bail someone out, or check the hub for the Idaho inmate search.

You leave custody once the bond is paid for each charge, or once a 4th Judicial District judge orders release. The Ada County Sheriff Jail page posts these rules. Call (208) 577-3000 with questions about a release.