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Ada County Jail Information

Address

Ada County Jail
7210 Barrister Drive
Boise, ID 83704

Phone Number

Phone: (208) 577-3080

The Ada County Jail is located at 7210 Barrister Drive in Boise, ID and is a medium security county jail operated by the Ada County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Ada County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Ada County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Ada County court records, and much much more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and any comments or tips that could help others will be much appreciated.

Ada County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and don’t know how to locate them? Do you know someone who has been arrested and you don’t know how to find out where they are?

In order to see who’s in jail at the Ada County Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ada County Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who are in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get info on anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find the information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Ada County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Ada County Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some questions, such as your legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Ada County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give information about each visitor to the Ada County Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the official Ada County Jail at (208) 577-3080 before you visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Ada County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Ada County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Ada County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ada County Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Ada County Jail is:

Ada County Jail
7210 Barrister Drive
Boise, ID 83704

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Ada County Jail
7210 Barrister Drive
Boise, ID 83704

The inmate mail policy at the Ada County Jail can change, so we suggest that you visit the official Ada County Jail site when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Ada County Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Ada County Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the court records on the website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Ada County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Ada County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Ada County Jail could change, so you should double check the Ada County Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ada County Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Ada County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (208) 577-3080 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmateâ€™s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Ada County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Ada County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

The Ada County Jail phone number is: (208) 577-3080

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Ada County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Ada County Jail, click the link below.

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