Caribou County Jail Custody Search
The Caribou County Sheriff's Office does not publish an official public online jail roster in the researched county materials. That is the key fact for a Caribou County inmate search. County pretrial custody questions should go to the jail booking desk, the sheriff front office, or the dispatch center when the question is urgent and non-emergency. The jail is a local detention facility, not the same thing as the Idaho Department of Correction prison system, and the local jail page links tools for visitation, communication deposits, commissary trust funds, VINE custody notices, court or bond payments, and PREA reports rather than a public booking-search form.
The Caribou County Jail is described by the sheriff as a 49-bed facility that can house male and female inmates in minimum, medium, and maximum security settings. It holds Caribou County inmates, contract inmates from other Idaho counties, and Idaho Department of Correction contract inmates. The sheriff's mission statement emphasizes safe and humane detention, classification, medical care, food service, programs, and equal protection of rights. Those local jail records are separate from the IDOC Resident/Client Search, which is the state search for people under Idaho correctional jurisdiction.
Use the county jail when the person was recently arrested in Caribou County or may be held before court. Use IDOC when the person may be in prison, on probation or parole, discharged from state supervision, or showing a statewide bench-warrant status.
The sheriff's visitation material is shown through the official Caribou County Jail visitation rules page. That source is useful because it confirms that custody services are split into direct jail contact, video visitation, and deposit tools rather than one public jail roster. The county inmate record trail should be read with that split in mind.
Visitation rules do not prove custody status by themselves, but they identify the local jail as the correct office for current county custody questions.
Local custody questions also depend on timing. A person arrested in Soda Springs, Grace, Bancroft, Thatcher, Wayan, or another Caribou County community may be in the county jail before a court record has a final disposition. The court file can show charge and hearing activity, but the jail booking desk is the better source for present local custody. If a person has already moved from county custody into state supervision, the IDOC search becomes the better public lookup. If the person has a federal sentence or federal hold, the federal custody tools are separate from both county and state systems.
Search Caribou County Inmate Records
Because no official Caribou County online jail roster was located, the search process is a fallback chain. Start local if the arrest or booking is recent. Move to VINE if the need is custody notification. Move to IDOC if the person may have left the county jail for state custody or supervision. Move to court records if the question is about the criminal case, charge, warrant, bond, fine, or hearing rather than the physical custody location.
- Call the Caribou County Jail booking desk at (208) 547-3094 for current local custody questions.
- Use the sheriff front office at (208) 547-2561 for general jail or records direction.
- Use VINE or VINELink when custody-status notification is needed for a victim or family safety concern.
- Search IDOC by last name or IDOC number when the person may be in state custody, in the community, discharged, or listed with an active bench warrant.
- Use Idaho iCourt or the Caribou County clerk when the question is about charges, hearings, bond orders, sentencing, or court payments.
A local jail contact can confirm practical custody information that an online state search may not show, especially for a new arrest. A state search can show broader correctional status after the county case has moved into prison, probation, or parole. Court records can show whether a bond, no-contact order, warrant, or sentence exists, but a court case is not a live head count inside the jail.
Caribou County Inmate Lookup Fields
The statewide IDOC search has a defined search form. It accepts either a name search or an IDOC-number search. Partial searches are allowed, but the research notes minimum input rules: at least the first two characters of the last name or the first three digits of the IDOC number. This is not a Caribou County jail roster. It is the official Idaho correctional search for people under IDOC authority.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Required if IDOC number is not used | Partial accepted with at least first two characters. |
| First Name | Text | Optional | Narrows the statewide name search. |
| IDOC Number | Text or number | Required if last name is not used | Partial accepted with at least first three digits. |
| Search | Button | Optional | Runs the resident or client lookup. |
| Reset | Button | Optional | Clears the form before a new search. |
The IDOC result is useful when the person has moved beyond a local jail status. For a booking that may have happened in Soda Springs or another Caribou County community, direct jail contact is still the stronger first step.
Caribou County Custody Record Details
Public custody records are often summary records. The IDOC search result inventory in the research shows basic identifiers and status fields. County jail staff may have more current local booking data, but the public pages reviewed did not expose a downloadable local inmate-profile screen. Do not assume mugshots, full birth dates, medical data, housing location, or release plans are public just because a person is in custody.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| IDOC Number | The state correctional identifier when the person is in the IDOC system. |
| Last, First, Middle Name | The public name fields shown in the statewide search result. |
| Birth Year | A limited age marker, not a full date of birth. |
| Status | Examples include in custody, in community, discharged with date, or active bench warrant. |
| County Jail Status | For Caribou County, current local custody should be checked with the booking desk. |
| Court Case Status | Charges, hearings, bond, disposition, and sentence are checked through Idaho court records. |
The sheriff's PREA document center is another official jail source, but it is not a roster. The Caribou County annual PREA reports page documents jail compliance materials through the sheriff site.
PREA reports are jail oversight records. They support facility background, but they are not a way to confirm whether a named person is currently booked.
Caribou County Jail Contact
The county jail and sheriff office are separate from the courthouse. That matters for inmate records because a person can have a court case at the Caribou County Courthouse while custody is handled at the jail. The sheriff contact page lists the front office, dispatch center, booking desk, and emergency access. Use the booking desk for jail custody questions, the clerk or court for case documents, and dispatch for non-emergency law enforcement contact after hours.
Caribou County Jail
475 East 2nd South
Soda Springs, ID 83276
(208) 547-3094 booking desk
Video visitation only; no face-to-face public visits.
Caribou County Sheriff's Office
475 East 2nd South
Soda Springs, ID 83276
(208) 547-2561 front office
Dispatch non-emergency: (208) 547-2563.
Sheriff J. Adam Mabey oversees patrol, communications, and the detention facility for a rural county the sheriff biography describes as about the size of Delaware. That rural scale makes phone confirmation important, especially for people checking custody from Grace, Bancroft, Thatcher, Wayan, Freedom, Auburn, or other county communities.
Caribou County Jail Visitation
Caribou County Jail does not offer traditional in-person public visitation. The official jail rules state that face-to-face visitation is not offered. Public visits are handled by onsite kiosk video visits and remote video visits. Remote video visits are available daily and must be scheduled at least 12 hours ahead. Visitors should bring only photo identification and car keys for onsite visits. Bags, phones, cameras, tobacco, drugs, guns, knives, and other weapons must be secured outside the visitation area.
| Visit Type | Days | Hours | Scheduling / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face-to-face visitation | None | Not offered | The jail says no in-person visitation. |
| Onsite kiosk video | Sunday | 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Follow onsite visitor rules. |
| Onsite kiosk video | Monday | 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Follow onsite visitor rules. |
| Onsite kiosk video | Wednesday | 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Follow onsite visitor rules. |
| Remote video | Every day | 7:00 a.m.-10:30 p.m. | Schedule at least 12 hours in advance. |
Visitors under 18 must be with a parent or legal guardian. Loud or vulgar language, disruptive conduct, recording devices, intoxication, and clothing the detention deputy deems inappropriate can end or prevent a visit. No personal property is accepted for inmates through visitation.
The visitation rules also say visitors other than minor visitors must have valid photo identification and may bring only car keys and photo ID into the visit area. Visitors are subject to search and arrest under Idaho Code 20-627. Caribou County states that it is not responsible for lost or stolen property during visits, so the practical rule is to leave bags, phones, tobacco, weapons, and other barred items secured before entering the jail area.
Note: The jail rules are strict because visitation is a controlled detention function, not a public court-record search.
Caribou County Inmate Services
Several inmate-related tools exist, but each has a narrow purpose. The jail page links an inmate communications deposit tool and warns that it is not for commissary. It separately links CorrectPay for inmate commissary or trust money and states that the maximum total balance on an inmate trust account is $500. Court and bond fee links are separate from jail trust deposits. A payment link does not confirm a person is booked, and a custody search does not prove the court balance is correct.
- Use the communications deposit tool only for inmate communication funds.
- Use CorrectPay for commissary or inmate trust funds.
- Use VINE or VINELink for custody-status and victim notification.
- Use MyCourts or court payment channels for citations, fines, and court fees.
- Call the jail before sending money if the person may have been released or transferred.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is separate from county and state custody. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is useful only when the person may be in federal custody.
Federal custody is not searched through the Caribou County Jail or the Idaho state court portal.
Caribou County Inmates and Courts
An inmate record answers where a person may be held. A criminal case record answers what is filed in court. In Caribou County, charges, hearing dates, bond orders, no-contact orders, warrants, dispositions, sentences, fines, restitution, and probation terms are court-record topics. Those items may appear through Idaho iCourt general case information or through a request to the clerk where the case was filed. The jail booking desk may not be the right source for a filed complaint, judgment, or sentencing order.
Federal cases use a different system. PACER is the official federal docket platform, while CourtListener can help locate some opinions and docket information without serving as the official federal court record.
PACER matters only if the custody or case is federal. State and county jail questions remain with Idaho and Caribou County sources.
The free CourtListener resource can help with some federal opinions and docket references, but it is not the court clerk and it is not a jail roster.
When an inmate search turns into a case-record search, use the court that created the case record rather than a detention deposit or visitation tool.