Bonner County Detention Center

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The Bonner County Detention Center is located at 4001 North Boyer Road in Sandpoint, ID and is a medium security county jail operated by the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything related to the Bonner County Detention Center, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Bonner County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bonner County Detention Center Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Bonner County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Bonner County Detention Center takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some questions, like your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Bonner County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Bonner County Detention Center in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the visitors log for the requesting inmate. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Bonner County Detention Center can change, so we suggest that you call the official Bonner County Detention Center at (208) 263-8417 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Bonner County Detention Center you must be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Bonner County Detention Center, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 Bonner County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bonner County Detention Center 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.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Bonner County Detention Center. 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 Bonner County Detention Center 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Bonner County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Bonner County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Bonner County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates are always changing, so double check the Bonner County Detention Center site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bonner County Detention Center

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 Bonner County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (208) 263-8417 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 inmate’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 Bonner County Detention Center store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products including 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 Bonner County Detention Center are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone calls might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Bonner County Detention Center phone number is: (208) 263-8417

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Bonner County Detention Center. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money 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 has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Bonner County Detention Center, click the link below.

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