The Detention Center
Bonner County Sheriff's Detention Center
- Operated byBonner County Sheriff's Office
- Address4001 N. Boyer Road, Sandpoint, ID 83864
- Holding capacity124 prisoners
- Average daily populationApproximately 85 inmates
- Opened1998
- ConfigurationTwo pods with four lock-down cells; four dorm-style cells; three high-security cells; one medical observation cell; two female dorms; a work-release dorm; four holding cells
- ProgramsChaplain's corps, NA/AA program, GED program, inmate labor program, work-release program
- PhonesCTEL system; inmates cannot receive incoming calls; phones operate 6 a.m.–11 p.m.
- CommissaryThird-party vendor CorrectPay; no rate schedule published on the page checked
Source: Bonner County Sheriff's Office — Corrections & Detention Center · checked 2026-08-24
Transparency rating
3/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✓Beds and daily population
- ✗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 built1998
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- Beds124 (holding capacity)
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Daryl Wheeler
- Runs the jailYes — Bonner County Sheriff's Office operates the Bonner County Detention Center
- How the office is filledElected; Idaho Sheriffs' Association lists him as elected 2008
- Office location4001 N Boyer Ave, Sandpoint, ID 83864 — (208) 263-8417; substation at 75 Eastside Rd, Priest River
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Bonner County Idaho Official Website — Sheriff · 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 →
- Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →
Notes on the record
- bonnerso.org/public-reports/ publishes a current inmate list PDF and warrant databases but no PREA, inspection, budget, or death-in-custody documents.
- Commissary is handled by a third-party vendor (CorrectPay) but no fee schedule was found published on the pages checked, so 'fees' is recorded as no.
- Board of County Commissioners; Bonner County publishes a combined meetings/calendar dashboard covering multiple boards including the Board of County Commissioners
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Bonner 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