Boundary County Jail Overview
Boundary County Jail is operated by the Boundary County Sheriff's Office at the sheriff and jail facility in Bonners Ferry. Current official sheriff app data names Travis Stolley as sheriff and lists the jail address, main phone, after-hours bail route, open-records form, fingerprinting, inmate labor material, and Summit/InmateCanteen link. The jail is the only detention facility identified for a Boundary County facility page. No official source located a city jail, work-release center, regional jail, state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center physically in Boundary County.
The jail holds people arrested locally, people committed by a court, pretrial detainees, short local sentences, and people waiting on transfer or another agency action. Idaho Code 20-612 explains the sheriff's duty to receive people committed to jail by competent authority, subject to the statute's limits, and requires the county to furnish necessary care for people committed to the county jail. That duty is why local custody questions start with the sheriff's jail, not the prosecutor, IDOC, or the court clerk.
The official jail screenshot is a direct facility match. The image below comes from the Boundary County Sheriff's Office jail page.
The page is useful for facility services, but it does not publish a public Boundary County Jail roster.
Boundary County Jail Population
Boundary County's official sheriff pages did not publish a current daily jail count or current rated capacity. The sourced historical capacity and population figures come from the Vera Institute county-level incarceration dataset. Vera reports that Boundary County had 24 rated jail beds in 2019 and a total jail population of 25 in that same year. Those are historical dataset figures, not a live roster count or a current sheriff-published capacity statement.
Vera's 2019 data also reports 16 male jail population, 3 female jail population, 6 pretrial custody, 19 sentenced custody, about 113 annual admissions, and a jail population rate of 363 per 100,000 residents ages 15 to 64. Small changes matter in a small jail. A movement of only a few people can change the capacity relationship, so these figures should be treated as context rather than a present-day count.
Look Up Boundary County Jail Inmates
Boundary County Jail does not have an official public online roster in the sources reviewed. Start with the jail phone line or lobby for current local custody. If staff cannot release the requested detail by phone, use a written public-records request. For formal charges, bond orders, hearings, and dispositions after filing, search iCourt or use the Boundary County court clerk records request process. For state prison or supervision, use IDOC. Federal and immigration custody require separate federal tools.
- Call Boundary County Jail or the Sheriff's Office at 208-267-3151 for current local custody and release questions.
- Be ready with full name, date of birth if known, arrest or booking date, arresting agency, and case or incident number.
- Use the sheriff public-records form for a booking sheet, jail log, release date, bond record, incident report, or booking photo request.
- Search iCourt public search instructions when the question is about charges, bond, court events, or disposition.
- Search IDOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink only when those systems match the custody facts.
A no-result in IDOC, BOP, ICE, VINELink, or iCourt does not rule out a recent Boundary County Jail booking. Each system has a different purpose and timing. Local custody confirmation still depends on the jail or sheriff records channel.
| Lookup Field | Type | How It Helps |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Phone or written request | Primary identifier for jail staff or records staff. |
| Date of birth | Phone or written request | Helps separate people with similar names. |
| Arrest or booking date | Phone or written request | Narrows the jail log or booking sheet search. |
| Arresting agency | Phone or written request | Shows whether the sheriff or a city police agency may hold the report. |
| Case or incident number | Records request or iCourt | Connects the jail record to a court or law-enforcement file. |
Boundary County Jail Address
Use the main jail and sheriff contact for current jail custody, after-hours bail routing, facility service questions, and records direction. If the question is a court document, the jail is not the clerk. If the question is a city police incident report, the sheriff records department says city police records are not maintained by the Sheriff's Office.
Boundary County Jail
6438 Kootenai St
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805
208-267-3151
Main office hours are listed as Monday-Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, closed holidays. Civil records hours are listed as Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. except holidays.
The sheriff's mailing address is P.O. Box 127, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805. The Boundary sheriff Civil Division page lists extension 205 and bcsocivil@boundarysheriff.org for civil and records work. Current app data names Emily Carey as Records Custodian and explains that reports may not be available the same day.
Visiting Boundary County Jail
Official Boundary County Jail visitation hours, video visit rules, dress code, child-visitor rules, and attorney-visit schedule were not published in the located official sources. A visitor should call before traveling and ask whether the person is eligible for visits, what ID is required, which entrance to use, and whether any visit schedule, lockdown, court transport, or medical issue affects access.
| Topic | Officially Located Detail | Call Before Travel |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visiting schedule | Not published in located official sources | Call 208-267-3151. |
| Visitor entrance | Not published for visits | Confirm lobby and check-in rules. |
| ID requirement | Not published for visits; fingerprinting requires valid government photo ID | Ask what ID is accepted. |
| Dress code and child rules | Not published | Ask before bringing children. |
| Video visitation | No official video vendor located | Do not assume remote visits are available. |
| Attorney visits | Not published | Confirm directly with the jail. |
The jail and sheriff lobby is referenced for fingerprinting, where official instructions say to call ahead, bring valid government photo ID, and check in at the main facility. That does not create a visit rule, but it shows why a call-ahead plan is practical for secure-building services.
Boundary County Jail Money
The sheriff jail page links Summit Correctional Services and InmateCanteen for funds and care packs. The legacy Boundary County Jail commissary page says commissary is weekly, requests must be turned in by Wednesday night, and delivery is Thursday. Family or friend money timing is tied to Wednesday for Thursday delivery in that legacy source. Confirm current custody and timing before sending funds because transfer, release, or holds can change what the person can receive.
| Service | Provider or Detail | Published Fee or Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Funds and care packs | Summit Correctional Services / InmateCanteen | No fee schedule located in sheriff source. |
| Commissary | Weekly, with Thursday delivery and Wednesday-night request deadline | No item-price list located. |
| Phone system | Consolidated Telecom named on sheriff inmate phone page | Rates not published in extracted source. |
| Phone cards | Inmates may buy cards from detention deputies at designated times | No posted price located. |
| Mail format | Official inmate mail format not located | Confirm format with the jail before sending. |
No official inmate mail format was located. Do not rely on third-party jail directory formats. Ask staff for the correct inmate name line, return-address rule, allowed contents, and whether any mail vendor or screening process applies.
Boundary County Jail Bail
The official jail page says after-hours bail is handled by calling dispatch non-emergency through 208-267-3151. It also says cash is generally accepted and checks are generally not accepted for bail. No local online jail bail portal, credit-card fee, property-bond rule, or bail-bond company list was located in official Boundary County sources.
Call before travel and ask whether bail has been set, whether the jail can accept payment at that time, what payment type is accepted, and whether any hold prevents release. A person may have a local bond but still be held on an out-of-county warrant, probation or parole hold, federal detainer, ICE detainer, transport issue, medical issue, or court order. iCourt may show bond information after a case opens, but a court docket entry is not the same thing as jail payment instructions.
Boundary County Jail Records
The sheriff records route is the correct place for a booking sheet, jail log, sheriff arrest report, release date record, or booking photo request. The sheriff public-records request route and linked forms require a specific description of the record sought. Idaho Code 74-102 gives the public a right to inspect and copy public records unless another law applies, while Idaho Code 74-124 governs law-enforcement record exemptions.
Boundary County's records notes are especially important because no online roster exists. The sheriff's Records department says reports may take a few days, reports are likely not available the same day, and active investigations are not released until the case is closed. It also says court records are handled by the courts and city police records by the city police agency. Identify the arresting or reporting agency before filing a request.
Boundary County Jail Booking
Booking at Boundary County Jail follows the ordinary local custody path: arrest or court commitment, transport to the jail, intake, records creation, bail or court review, and possible release or transfer. The official sources do not publish a local intake checklist, so the accurate wording is limited. Intake records may involve identity, arresting agency, charge or incident information, property, health screening, fingerprints, and a booking photo, but those are record types to request, not confirmed public web fields.
Formal charges are not the same as initial jail booking notes. The Boundary County Prosecuting Attorney reviews and files criminal charges, and court records after filing are searched through iCourt or requested from the court clerk. A first booking allegation can change through amendment, dismissal, plea, sentence, or post-judgment order.
Boundary County Jail Programs
Boundary County's Sheriff Inmate Labor Program is court-sentenced and landfill-based. Official materials say it is offered in lieu of serving jail time when ordered by the court. Current app data says the only authorized inmate labor is at the Boundary County Landfill, sign-up is at the Sheriff's Office, and participants should bring completed paperwork and $20 per assigned day in cash.
Participants must complete hours by the court-advised deadline and pay fees before the deadline. The sheriff does not grant extensions and does not answer legal questions about the case. Noncompliance can be reported to the judge and may lead to a contempt warrant. That makes the program distinct from work release or a general jail job assignment.
Boundary County Jail PREA Reporting
The Boundary County Sheriff's Office PREA page states a zero-tolerance position for sexual assault and misconduct in custody. It lists the jail supervisor extension 207, an alternate extension 202, dispatch extension 0, and Boundary County Victim Services at 208-267-5211. The same page lists the prosecutor at 208-267-7545 and courthouse case information at 208-267-5504 in the PREA reporting context.
PREA contacts are for safety reporting, not routine roster lookup. Use the main jail line for current custody, release, and visit questions. Use the PREA contacts when the issue is sexual abuse, misconduct, victim services, or related safety reporting.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, and money rules with Boundary County Jail before traveling or sending funds.