The Detention Center
Not found
- Operated byNot found
- No jail listedBoise County does not appear in the Idaho Sheriffs' Association directory of Idaho jails
- Sheriff site languageA third-party site (boisecountyjailid.org) states the Sheriff's Office "does not maintain a large detention facility like some larger counties" — not an official county statement
- Where prisoners goNot found — no source checked (boisecounty.us, boisecountyjailid.org, discoverpolicing.org, Idaho Sheriffs' Association directory) states which facility holds Boise County prisoners
- What was triedhttps://www.boisecounty.us/sheriffs-office/, https://www.boisecounty.us/contact-us/, https://boisecountyjailid.org/sheriff-office/, https://www.discoverpolicing.org/agency/boise-county-sheriffs-office/, https://www.idahosheriffs.org/jail-services/directory-of-idahos-jails/
Source: Idaho Sheriffs' Association jail directory (no Boise County listing) · checked 2026-08-24
Transparency rating
0/10Closed- ✗The jail is named — not published
- ✗Who is in custody — not published
- ✗Beds and daily population — not published
- ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
- ✗Deaths in custody — not published
- ✗PREA audits — not published
- ✗Independent inspection — not published
- ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
- ✗How to post bond — not published
- ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year builtNot found
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- BedsNot found
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Scott Turner
- Runs the jailNo confirmed county detention facility — see jail entry below
- How the office is filledElected; Idaho Sheriffs' Association lists him as appointed 2019, elected 2021
- Office location3851 Highway 21, Idaho City, ID 83631 — (208) 392-4411
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Boise County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-24
The Judges
Idaho judges are state officers, not county officials. District Court judges serve the judicial district; Magistrate Court judges are appointed by a district magistrates commission and then face retention election. No judge names were found on sources checked for this county.
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-24
The County Commissioners
They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.
- What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
- What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
- The boardBoard of County Commissioners →
Notes on the record
- No county-operated jail was confirmed for Boise County in the sources checked; this is treated as a real finding, not a gap, per the brief's guidance that many small Idaho counties contract elsewhere.
- No commissioners board page, agenda/minutes URL, or bench/judge information was located on boisecounty.us in the pages checked.
- Board of County Commissioners — no dedicated board or agenda/minutes page was found on boisecounty.us in the pages checked
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Boise County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the commissioners who pay for it.
Names verified 2026-08-24 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered