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Latah County Inmate Population Overview

The Latah County inmate population is centered on the Latah County Jail / Latah County Detention Center, the small county holding facility operated by the Latah County Sheriff's Office. County sources describe the jail as an adult male and female holding facility for people charged with crimes while awaiting trial, adults serving local jail time, people awaiting transport to the Idaho Department of Correction, and people held for other agencies. Those outside agencies can include Idaho State Police, Moscow Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service, Bureau of Prisons, IDOC, other counties, and Latah County agencies.

That mix matters when reading Latah County inmate population figures. A person booked after an arrest may appear first in the county jail roster. A person sentenced to a state prison term is later searched through the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search, not the local roster. Federal and immigration custody use other systems. Recent closure and transfer reporting also makes phone confirmation important, because the courthouse-basement jail may not be the only place where a Latah detainee is physically housed on a given day.

Latah County Inmate Population Statistics

Current county-published average daily population was not located in the official Latah County pages reviewed for this build. The most useful sourced figures are the jail's maximum capacity from the sheriff's detention page, the latest county-level historical population data from the Vera Institute dataset, and the 2024 arrest count from Idaho State Police. A point-in-time roster count is not the same thing as average daily population, so the Latah County inmate population should not be described from one roster snapshot alone.

Latah County Inmate Population Trends

Historical data show a small jail population with large swings from year to year. That is common in a small county jail, where a few felony holds, sentenced local inmates, or transfers can change the count quickly. Vera's Latah County series runs through 2019 in the research sweep. It shows the jail population rising from single digits in the 1970s and early 1980s to the mid-20s and 30s in later years, with a sharp 2014 outlier that should not be over-read without county confirmation.

Recent conditions make the current Latah County inmate population harder to infer from history. A 2026 public survey release and news reporting said the jail closed after failed 2025 inspections, while officials reviewed replacement options and contract housing. That means the official roster, the jail phone line, and records requests carry more weight than an old average when a family member needs current custody status.

Latah County Inmate Population Makeup

The latest demographic breakdown located in the research file is Vera's 2019 county data. It reports 30 people in the Latah County jail population, with 13 in pretrial custody and 17 in sentenced custody. Sex and race categories are reported for that year, but post-2019 official county demographic tables were not found. Those limits should be kept clear. Demographics describe a historical population, while a current roster entry describes a specific person's booking status.

• Custody status: Vera reported 13 pretrial and 17 sentenced people in 2019.
• Sex: The 2019 data listed 21 male and 7 female people, with the remainder not shown in the summarized categories.
• Race and ethnicity: Vera listed 23 White, 2 Black, 3 Latinx, and no Native or AAPI jail population counts for 2019.
• Agency holds: County sources say the jail can hold people for local, state, federal, and other county agencies.

Latah County Jail Capacity

The official detention page gives the Latah County Jail a maximum holding capacity of 38 individuals and describes a facility built in 1972. The jail is located in the courthouse basement, and local directions tell visitors, attorneys, and ministers to use the Sixth Street entrance just west of Van Buren. This is not a large regional complex. Latah's inmate population data and access rules reflect a small courthouse-based jail with local court movement, local booking, and outside-agency transport duties.

The county's own jail inspection page says the Fire Marshal, Health Department, U.S. Marshal's Service/BOP, and Idaho Sheriffs' Association inspect the facility. Recent public survey material and Boise State Public Radio reporting described failed 2025 inspections tied to fire detection and suppression, electrical concerns, cell size, ADA issues, safety, and plumbing. Those reports should be used as facility context, not as proof of a specific person's current housing location.

The Latah County jail location page from the official county site shows the jail entrance and courthouse setting. The source is available at Latah County's jail-location page.

That entrance detail matters because roster, visit, bond, and public-records tasks often require the Sheriff's Office or courthouse path rather than a generic jail lobby.

Latah County Inmate Records Laws

Idaho law treats public records as open unless a specific exemption applies, but jail and court records can involve active investigations, juvenile information, victim and witness privacy, sealed court orders, and criminal-history limits. For Latah County inmate population and roster work, the most important point is practical: current custody starts with the official roster and jail phone line, while police reports, accident reports, and deeper law-enforcement records usually require a written request to the Sheriff's Records Office.

Search Latah County Inmates

The official Latah County jail roster is at jail.latahcountyid.gov. Browser inspection during the research sweep showed a public interface with Search, Sort by, Name, Rows per page, and pagination controls, but it also returned "No data available." That no-data message should not be treated as proof that nobody is in custody. It may reflect roster timing, browser protections, transfer operations, or the point at which the page was checked.

A practical Latah County inmate population search uses the roster first, then the phone and records-request fallback chain. Search by name when rows are present. Use the sort and rows-per-page controls for larger lists. If the result has a booking number or court case number, keep both. The booking number belongs to the jail intake record; the court case number helps connect the arrest to charges in Idaho iCourt.

1. Open the official Latah County jail roster and use the visible Search control.
2. Try the person's last name first, then add first-name detail if the list is long.
3. Read the booking date, booking number, offenses, court case number, bond, counts, and photo field if a profile appears.
4. Call the Latah County Jail or Sheriff's Office at 208-882-2216 when the roster is empty, delayed, or unclear.
5. Use the Sheriff's Records Office at 208-883-2266 for written records-request questions.

Latah County Roster Fields

The Latah County roster interface exposes only a few search controls in the public view, but a search-result snippet captured during research showed useful sample fields. Those fields help readers know what to save before calling the jail, checking iCourt, or filing a written request.

Observed result labels included Name, Booking Date, Booking Number, Offenses, Court Case Number, Bond, Offense, Counts, and Photo. Height, weight, housing unit, arresting agency, projected release date, and detainer flags were not confirmed on the current public view.

Latah County Custody Channels

Not every person with a Latah County connection appears on the county jail roster. A sentenced Idaho prisoner, rider, parole violator, or person under IDOC supervision is searched through IDOC. A sentenced federal inmate is searched through BOP. Immigration custody is searched through ICE ODLS, and victim notification can be handled through VINELink. These tools answer different questions, so the right search depends on who has legal custody.

The IDOC source screenshot in this project came from the statewide Resident/Client Search at the IDOC locator page.

Use it only after the person has moved into Idaho state custody or supervision, because it does not replace the Latah County jail roster for a new booking.

Latah County Detention Facility

The facility map resolves one local detention facility page for this project. No IDOC prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility was found physically in Latah County. State, federal, and immigration tools remain important fallback channels, but they are not separate Latah County facility pages.

• Latah County Jail / Latah County Detention Center holds adult men and women in local jail custody, including pretrial detainees, short local sentences, people awaiting IDOC transport, and holds for listed outside agencies.

Latah County Booking and Visits

County sources say the jail admits new bookings and releases inmates 24 hours a day. Booking normally takes 30 minutes to one hour, and release after bond paperwork takes another 30 minutes when no problem delays the process. To post bond during business hours, bring the bail amount to the Court Clerk's Office, get a receipt, and bring the receipt to the Sheriff's Office. After court closes or on weekends, bond can be posted at the Sheriff's front window, with a separate $10 processing fee.

Visits are appointment-only, non-contact, and 20 minutes long. Adults need picture ID. Juveniles must be with a parent or legal guardian. Visitors must not have been incarcerated within the last 30 days, and people on probation need prior probation-officer approval. The official visiting page is available at Latah County jail visiting information.

Latah County Records Requests

The Sheriff's Records Office handles written requests for police reports and accident reports. Current and ongoing investigations may not be available until complete and closed, and records tied to criminal charges may move through the Prosecutor's Office, discovery, or the court. Complex or incomplete requests can take up to 10 working days. For a booking record, ask for the person's name, booking date, booking number if known, case number if known, and the exact record type.

The Sheriff's Records Office page is the best local source for written-request rules and office hours.

That records path is the fallback when the roster has no rows, when a released person's booking is no longer visible, or when a police report is needed rather than a roster field.

Latah County Inmate Population FAQ