Shoshone County Inmate Population Overview
The clearest official snapshot of the Shoshone County inmate population comes from county meeting records rather than a jail dashboard. The March 17-21, 2025 Shoshone County commissioner minutes report that the jail was way over capacity at 55 to 56 inmates. The same discussion said about 23 people in the jail were state inmates waiting for Idaho Department of Correction transport. That detail matters because a person held in the local jail may not be a new local arrestee. Some jail beds can be occupied by people who have already reached the state-custody stage but have not yet been moved.
Official research found one local detention facility for the county: Shoshone County Jail, operated by the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office in Wallace. No separate work-release center, city jail, regional jail, state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention facility, or U.S. Marshals facility was found inside Shoshone County. The local jail population can rise or fall with arrests by the sheriff, municipal police, Idaho State Police, court bond decisions, sentencing, holds from other agencies, and the speed of IDOC transfers.
Shoshone County Inmate Population Statistics
Shoshone County does not publish a rated bed count, annual booking total, average daily population dashboard, or jail demographic report in the reviewed official sources. The strongest figures are meeting-record snapshots and state arrest data. The March 2025 meeting number should be treated as a dated population snapshot, not as a live count. The Idaho State Police 2024 Crime in Idaho Shoshone County report is a useful arrest-pressure source, but arrest totals are not the same thing as jail bookings or daily jail population.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Current local count snapshot | 55-56 inmates | Shoshone County commissioner minutes, March 17-21, 2025 |
| State inmates awaiting IDOC transport | About 23 | Shoshone County commissioner minutes, March 17-21, 2025 |
| Rated bed capacity | Not located in official sources | County site and minutes reviewed |
| 2024 Group A arrests countywide | 216 adult, 16 juvenile | Idaho State Police Crime in Idaho, 2024 |
| 2024 Group B arrests countywide | 344 adult, 6 juvenile | Idaho State Police Crime in Idaho, 2024 |
| 2024 sheriff arrest overview | 416 total arrests | Idaho State Police Crime in Idaho, 2024 |
Shoshone County Jail Population Trends
The short trend line in the official record points to stress from staffing, crowding, and state-prison transfer delays during early 2025. In January, jail staff and sheriff leadership discussed a detention staffing shortage and said it had become normal for one deputy to oversee 49 to 58 inmates. February minutes reported that the jail was down six positions and that commissioners approved a $12,000 transfer from the jail budget to patrol overtime so patrol deputies could cover jail vacancies. March minutes then described the jail as way over capacity at 55 to 56 inmates.
| Date or Year | Population or Proxy | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2025 | 49-58 inmates | Minutes said one deputy overseeing this range had become normal during staffing shortages. |
| Feb. 2025 | Population not stated | Minutes said the jail was down six positions and patrol overtime was used to cover vacancies. |
| Mar. 2025 | 55-56 inmates | Minutes said the jail was way over capacity, with about 23 state inmates awaiting IDOC transport. |
| 2024 | 416 sheriff arrests | State arrest data is a pressure indicator, not a jail booking count. |
For broader context, the Bureau of Justice Statistics Census of Jails collects jail population, admissions, releases, capacity, staffing, and program data nationwide. Beginning in 2024, BJS moved the Census of Jails to annual collection. Those federal tools help explain jail trends statewide and nationally, but they do not replace the local Shoshone County meeting records used for the county-specific figures above.
Who Makes Up Shoshone County Jail Custody
The county did not publish a demographic breakdown by sex, age, race, ethnicity, felony level, misdemeanor level, or exact pretrial status. The available record still shows a key split in the Shoshone County inmate population: county jail custody can include pretrial detainees, sentenced jail inmates, and state inmates waiting for IDOC transport. That last group was unusually visible in the March 2025 minutes, where about 23 of 55 to 56 people were described as state inmates.
- Pretrial detainees are people held after arrest while charges, release terms, or hearings are pending.
- Sentenced jail inmates may serve a local jail sentence when ordered by the court.
- State inmates awaiting transport have moved into the state-custody path but may still occupy a local jail bed.
- Other-agency holds can affect release, though no local federal or ICE count was located for Shoshone County.
Shoshone County Jail Capacity Signals
Official sources did not locate the jail's rated bed capacity, so the page cannot infer a bed count. The proper statement is narrower: capacity was not published, while county minutes in March 2025 described 55 to 56 inmates as way over capacity. The same minutes also reported a cost gap for state inmates. State reimbursement was described as $75 per day, while the county's cost was described as closer to $100 per day. One state inmate was said to have waited nearly 1,000 days for transport.
Those records make the Shoshone County inmate population more specific than a routine roster page. Crowding was tied to state holds, transport delay, staffing strain, and local cost. January 2025 minutes also referenced safety checks, medical calls, stress, communication problems, and staff concern about facility condition. No official DOJ investigation, consent decree, or jail construction bond source was found in the research file.
Important: A meeting snapshot is not a live roster count. Call the jail for same-day custody status.
Shoshone County Inmate Record Laws
Idaho law controls how jail and court records are requested, released, or withheld. The county public records form and law-enforcement addendum use the same framework: records may be open, delayed, redacted, or denied depending on the custodian, the requester's residency, the scope of the request, and whether an investigation or prosecution is active. A booking fact can be public while a full investigative file remains exempt.
Key Statutes:
Idaho Code 74-102 says public records are open for inspection and copying unless a specific exemption applies.
Idaho Code 74-103 sets public-records request procedures and response timing for custodians.
Idaho Code 74-124 covers law-enforcement investigatory records and basic arrest-information carveouts.
Idaho Code 20-601 places county jails under the sheriff and includes photograph and fingerprints in booking.
The federal Death in Custody Reporting Act data collection and BJS death-in-custody jail scope are useful context for custody reporting. They do not create a Shoshone County roster, but they explain why custody status, jail custody, transfer, and death reporting are treated as public administration issues.
Shoshone County and IDOC Custody
Sentenced prison custody is separate from the local jail roster path. The Idaho Department of Correction resident/client search covers incarcerated residents, probation clients, and parole clients under IDOC jurisdiction. IDOC says its database is updated daily, but status, location, and sentence dates can change quickly. A person from Shoshone County who has moved into state prison custody should be searched through IDOC, not through a county jail roster.
No IDOC prison is physically listed in Shoshone County. Regional context includes North Idaho Correctional Institution in Cottonwood and Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino in Orofino. Shoshone County probation and parole clients are served through IDOC District 1 in Coeur d'Alene. The local 2025 state-inmate backlog shows why the county jail and state prison systems can overlap in practice even though their record systems are different.
Search Shoshone County Inmates
No official Shoshone County online jail roster, inmate search form, recent-bookings page, public booking search, warrant search, or mugshot gallery was located on the county or sheriff site during research. That does not end a custody search. It changes the order. Current custody should start with the jail phone line, then move to a public records request for nonurgent records, court search for filed charges, IDOC for state custody, and federal or immigration locators only when those systems fit the custody type.
- Call the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office or Jail at (208) 556-1114 for real-time custody, bond, visitation, and release-status questions.
- Use the Shoshone County Public Records Request form and law-enforcement addendum for booking, incarceration, incident, dispatch, or 911 records that are not online.
- Search Idaho iCourt for filed criminal cases, hearings, charges, and court events after an arrest.
- Use the IDOC resident/client search when a person has been sentenced to state prison, probation, or parole.
- Register with VINELink for release, movement, or court notification when the person appears in a supported Idaho custody system.
The official sheriff page is the local anchor for Shoshone County Jail contact details. The page lists the sheriff's office address, phone, fax, hours, and sheriff name, which is why the phone channel is the first practical option when no online roster is published.
The screenshot supports the fallback custody workflow because it shows the county's official sheriff contact source rather than a separate roster portal.
Current Shoshone County Custody Lookup
Because no online roster was found, Shoshone County does not have public roster fields to render for a local jail search form. A person trying to confirm custody should gather the full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and any incident or court number before calling or filing a request. The county public records form includes a law-enforcement addendum with a date/time of incarceration field, which is a strong cue for booking-record requests.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoshone County roster fields | Not available | Not applicable | No official county online roster or search form was located. |
| Full name | Request detail | Recommended | Use for phone questions and public-records requests. |
| Date/time of incarceration | Request detail | Recommended if known | Listed on the county law-enforcement addendum. |
| SCSO incident report number | Request detail | Optional | Helps locate sheriff records when known. |
For people in state custody, IDOC does publish a search form. Last name or IDOC number is required. First name can narrow the result, and partial searches are allowed when the minimum characters are used. IDOC result columns observed in research include IDOC number, last name, first name, middle name, birth year, and status.
Past Shoshone County Booking Records
Released or historical jail records require a different path than current custody. If a person is no longer in jail and no online archive exists, the county public records process is the official route for booking, incarceration, incident, dispatch, and 911 materials. The requester should identify the department, date range, person, incident location, and whether the request seeks reports, 911 calls, or another law-enforcement record. Fees may apply based on scope and volume, and advance payment may be required.
The county form's delayed-response language says 10 working days for residents and 35 days for nonresidents. It also cites appeal rights under Idaho Code 74-115 and warns that investigatory records tied to a current investigation or prosecution cannot be disclosed under Idaho Code 74-124. Criminal defendants are directed to discovery rules, not ordinary public-records shortcuts.
Shoshone County Inmate Record Contents
No official Shoshone County public roster profile was available to inspect, so the county page cannot claim public profiles show mugshots, bond, charges, housing, court dates, or release status. The local record path is a request-based path. By contrast, IDOC sample profiles do show public state-custody fields, but those are state sentence and supervision records rather than county jail booking records.
| Record Field | What Research Supports |
|---|---|
| Booking photo | Idaho booking law includes a photograph, but no county online mugshot field was located. |
| Booking date or incarceration time | The county records addendum has a date/time of incarceration field for requests. |
| Charges | Filed court charges are searched through iCourt; booking allegations may differ from later charges. |
| Bond | No local online bond field was found; call the jail and check iCourt when a case is filed. |
| Housing unit | No official public Shoshone County housing field was located. |
| State custody status | IDOC profiles may show status, IDOC number, offense, sentence date fields, and mailing address. |
Shoshone County Jail vs IDOC
A county jail and a state prison locator answer different questions. Shoshone County Jail is the local detention point for pretrial detainees, local jail sentences, and some state inmates waiting for transport. IDOC is the statewide prison, probation, and parole system. BOP and ICE are separate federal systems. A person can move from one system to another, so a missing county result does not always mean the person has no custody record.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Local pretrial or jail sentence | Call Shoshone County Jail; use county records request | Same-day custody, booking, bond, and local jail records |
| Sentenced state prison, probation, parole | IDOC resident/client search | State status, IDOC number, sentence fields, prison mailing address |
| Federal prison custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates from 1982 forward |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | A-number or biographical search for adults in ICE custody |
VINELink is another access channel. The Idaho Sheriffs' Association VINE page describes statewide victim notification through Appriss and VINELink, and IDOC describes VINE as a free automated phone, text, and email notification service for custody movement and status.
Shoshone County Detention Facilities
Research mapped one local detention facility for the Shoshone County inmate population. Municipal police departments in Kellogg, Osburn, and Pinehurst may make or support arrests in their jurisdictions, but official sources did not identify separate city jails with their own public inmate populations. Local jail custody routes back to the sheriff's office unless the person has moved into state, federal, or immigration custody.
- Shoshone County Jail holds local pretrial detainees, sentenced jail inmates, and state inmates awaiting IDOC transport when held locally.
Shoshone County Custody Terms
Short definitions help separate jail, court, and prison records. These terms appear across Shoshone County jail searches, iCourt entries, IDOC profiles, and public-records requests.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, including identity details, property, fingerprints, and a booking photograph under Idaho law.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that may block release even when local bond appears available.
- First appearance
- An early court hearing where rights, charges, release conditions, or bond may be addressed.
- IDOC
- The Idaho Department of Correction, which runs the state prison, probation, and parole locator.
Shoshone County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Shoshone County inmate population?
The strongest official figure in the research is the March 17-21, 2025 county minutes, which reported 55 to 56 inmates and described the jail as way over capacity. That was a meeting snapshot, not a live daily dashboard.
Is there a Shoshone County jail roster online?
No official online Shoshone County roster, booking search, or mugshot gallery was located. Current custody questions should start with the Sheriff's Office/Jail phone line, followed by a public records request when a record, not a same-day status check, is needed.
Where are sentenced state inmates searched?
Use the IDOC resident/client search for sentenced state prisoners, probation clients, and parole clients. IDOC is not a local county jail roster, and its profiles do not show county booking fields such as local bond or jail housing.
Can a Shoshone County booking photo be requested?
Idaho booking law includes a photograph, but no official county online mugshot gallery was found. A request for a booking photo should go through the county public records request process and may be delayed, redacted, or denied under Idaho law.