Shoshone County Jail Overview
Shoshone County Jail is part of the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office at 717 Bank Street in Wallace. The operator is the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office, and the current official sheriff page lists Sheriff Shawn Wehr. The facility type is county jail, not a state prison, federal prison, ICE detention facility, or regional detention center.
The jail population can include people booked after arrest, people charged and awaiting trial, people serving local jail sentences, and state inmates waiting for Idaho Department of Correction transport when Shoshone County is holding them locally. Idaho Code 20-601 authorizes county jails to hold several categories of prisoners and requires booking for people arrested and taken to county jail, including photograph and fingerprints.
The official sheriff page is the main local web source for the jail's address, phone, fax, office hours, and sheriff listing.
That official page does not publish a jail roster, visitation schedule, commissary page, or online inmate-profile search.
Shoshone County Jail Capacity and Population
The rated capacity for Shoshone County Jail was not published in the official county and sheriff sources reviewed. The strongest official population details come from 2025 Board of County Commissioners minutes. March 17-21, 2025 minutes reported the jail was way over capacity at 55 to 56 inmates, with about 23 state inmates awaiting IDOC transport. The same discussion cited state reimbursement of $75 per day for state inmates, while the county cost was described as closer to $100 per day, and one state inmate was allegedly waiting nearly 1,000 days for transport.
January 27-31, 2025 minutes described one deputy overseeing 49 to 58 inmates as having become normal during a detention staffing shortage. The same discussion included safety-check concerns and facility-condition complaints, with the facility described as broken and falling apart. February 3-7, 2025 minutes added that commissioners approved a $12,000 transfer from the jail budget to patrol overtime so patrol deputies could fill jail vacancies, and the sheriff said the jail was down six positions.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Shoshone County Jail
No official Shoshone County online jail roster, booking search, recent-bookings page, warrant search, mugshot gallery, visitation page, commissary page, or mobile app was located. A same-day custody question should go to the jail phone first. A records question should go to the public records request process. A court-charge question should go to Idaho iCourt or the court clerk.
- Call Shoshone County Jail/Sheriff at (208) 556-1114 to ask whether the person is currently held locally.
- Use the Shoshone County Public Records Request form for booking, incarceration, incident, dispatch, or 911 records that are not online.
- Search Idaho iCourt for filed criminal cases, hearings, and court charges after the arrest reaches court.
- Use the IDOC resident/client search if the person has been sentenced to state prison, placed under IDOC supervision, or transferred out of county jail.
- Use VINELink for supported custody, release, court, movement, and status notifications.
- Use the BOP Inmate Locator for federal BOP custody and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
Shoshone County Jail Address and Contact
The jail and sheriff's office are in Wallace, the Shoshone County seat. Call before travel when the purpose is custody verification, bond routing, visitation, mail, property, money, or accessibility because the county did not publish separate detailed jail service pages.
Shoshone County Jail
717 Bank Street
Wallace, ID 83873
(208) 556-1114
Fax: (208) 753-8851
Office hours listed by sheriff page: Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Public Records Requests
700 Bank Street
Wallace, ID 83873
(208) 752-3331
bocc@co.shoshone.id.us
Use the law-enforcement addendum for Sheriff/911 records.
Visiting Someone at Shoshone County Jail
Official local sources did not publish a Shoshone County Jail visitation schedule, visitor approval rule, dress code, ID rule, child-visitor rule, attorney-visit policy, remote-video provider, or holiday schedule. The safest published instruction is to call the jail before going to 717 Bank Street or setting up any visit through a third-party service.
| Visit Type | Published Schedule | Local Rule Status | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-person visit | Not published | Call to confirm | Day, time, visitor ID, dress code, children, wait time, and prohibited items. |
| Remote/video visit | Not published | No vendor located | Whether video visitation exists and whether any account is required. |
| Attorney visit | Not published | Call jail or court | Professional visit scheduling, entry process, and document rules. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Shoshone County Jail
No official local mail rules, inmate mail format, phone-call provider, tablet provider, video vendor, commissary vendor, online deposit page, kiosk instruction, fee table, deposit limit, or commissary schedule was located. Avoid assuming that a third-party vendor page is valid for this jail unless the jail confirms it.
| Service | Provider / Detail | Source Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | Not published. Call for the exact inmate-name and address format. | No official local mail format located. |
| Phone calls | Not published. Call the jail before funding any phone account. | No official provider or rate page located. |
| Remote video | Not published. Confirm whether video visits are available. | No official video vendor located. |
| Money deposit | Not published. Confirm accepted methods with the jail. | No kiosk, online vendor, fee, or limit located. |
| Commissary | Not published. Ask whether funds or item orders are accepted. | No commissary page located. |
Booking and Intake at Shoshone County Jail
Local official sources did not publish a jail booking manual, intake timeline, property-release rule, or classification policy. The available legal and county records still show the broad path. A person arrested by the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office, a city police agency such as Kellogg or Osburn, Idaho State Police, or another authorized agency may be taken to Shoshone County Jail when local detention is appropriate.
Booking normally connects the person's identity, arresting agency, incident number if one exists, and date/time of incarceration. Idaho Code 20-601 says booking includes photograph and fingerprints for a person arrested and taken to county jail. Local sources did not publish housing-unit names or classification levels. If the booking does not appear online, use the public records request form and include full name, date/time of incarceration, incident date/time, location, involved parties, and any Shoshone County Sheriff's Office report number.
Directions and Access Notes
Shoshone County Jail and the Sheriff's Office are at 717 Bank Street in Wallace. The county seat is in the Silver Valley along Interstate 90, and the county homepage describes Shoshone County's incorporated cities as mostly located along that corridor. From Kellogg, Osburn, Pinehurst, Smelterville, Mullan, or other Silver Valley communities, the practical route is I-90 into Wallace, then local downtown streets to Bank Street.
Official sources did not publish a named cross street, visitor parking details, public-transit directions, ADA entrance details, locker rules, prohibited-item lists, or a separate visitor entrance. Call (208) 556-1114 before arrival if parking, mobility access, medication, children, bags, phones, cash, or other personal items might affect entry.
State-Inmate Backlog and Recent Staffing Issues
Recent official county minutes make Shoshone County Jail more specific than a generic rural jail profile. January 2025 minutes described critical detention staffing shortages, one deputy overseeing 49 to 58 inmates, medical-call and security concerns, safety-check pressure, stress, and the facility as broken and falling apart. February 2025 minutes documented a jail budget transfer to patrol overtime because patrol deputies were filling jail vacancies, with the jail down six positions.
March 2025 minutes tied overcrowding to a state-inmate backlog. The reported 55 to 56 inmates included about 23 state inmates awaiting Idaho Department of Correction transport. That distinction matters for lookup and family logistics. A person waiting in county jail after a state sentence may still be physically in Wallace, but their long-term custody and eventual records path may move to IDOC. County jail visitation and mail rules may apply while held locally; IDOC rules apply after transfer.
Note: Confirm custody, visit availability, and mail or money rules with Shoshone County Jail before traveling or sending funds.