The Blaine County Inmate Population
The Blaine County inmate population is reported through the Blaine County Sheriff's Office detention system and the official current roster embedded by the county. The local jail is the Blaine County Detention Center, a county facility that holds people arrested by Blaine County agencies, pretrial detainees, sentenced county inmates, work-release participants, juveniles for short holding periods, other-jurisdiction holds, and people awaiting Idaho Department of Correction transfer. Those groups are not all the same type of custody. A pretrial jail inmate may be waiting for arraignment, while an IDOC hold may be in the jail only until state transfer occurs.
The county roster is the best public view of current local jail custody. It is not a full prison census, a federal inmate locator, or a court docket. Blaine County also has no official state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention facility, or separate municipal jail identified in the research sources. That means the Blaine County inmate population page has to separate the county jail count from the state prison and federal custody systems. The county roster can show IDOC or ICE hold language, but the proper long-term lookup path changes once the person leaves the local jail.
Blaine County Inmate Population Statistics
Official sources provide strong local figures for capacity, current roster count, recent arrests, and annual jail activity. The detention center page gives the rated bed count and bed split. The county-linked roster iframe showed a point-in-time current roster count on June 8, 2026, while the sheriff's 2025 annual activity report gives annual bookings and releases. The point-in-time roster count is not an average daily population, so it should be read as a roster snapshot rather than a yearwide jail-population measure.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated jail capacity | 90 inmate beds | Blaine County Detention Center page, accessed June 8, 2026 |
| General population beds | 66 beds in four pods | Blaine County Detention Center page |
| Work-release beds | 20 beds in segregated dorms | Blaine County Detention Center page |
| Juvenile holding beds | 4 beds | Blaine County Detention Center page |
| Current roster count | 58 results | County-linked roster iframe, June 8, 2026 at 3:47 p.m. |
| Recent-arrests count | 16 results | Recent-arrests iframe, June 4-8, 2026 range |
| 2025 jail bookings | 800 | 2025 sheriff annual activity report |
| 2025 jail releases | 783 | 2025 sheriff annual activity report |
| County population estimate | 25,261 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2024 |
Blaine County Inmate Population Trends
The available trend record is narrow but useful. The 2025 sheriff annual activity report lists 800 jail bookings and 783 jail releases for the year, along with broader agency activity. The June 8, 2026 roster count of 58 was below the 90-bed rated capacity, equal to about 64.4 percent of published bed capacity. That calculation uses the roster count observed in the county-linked iframe and the county-published bed count, so it should not be treated as a formal average daily population.
| Year or Date | Jail-Population or Activity Measure | Note |
|---|---|---|
| June 8, 2026 | 58 current roster results | Current public roster count, not official ADP |
| 2025 | 800 bookings and 783 releases | Official sheriff annual activity report |
| 2024 and 2023 | Figures not extracted in research | Activity reports were listed, but numbers were not captured |
| Capacity baseline | 90 beds | Published facility capacity |
No official aggregate average daily population, average length of stay, multi-year ADP, or sex and race breakdown was located in the available official sources. The roster does show age and hometown in individual entries, plus status terms such as Sentenced and Pre-Sentenced. Those fields help a reader understand an individual record, but they do not create a demographic table for the full Blaine County inmate population.
How Blaine County Inmates Are Housed
The local bed plan matters because the jail population is not one undivided block. Blaine County lists 66 general-population beds split across four pods, 20 work-release beds in segregated dorms, and four juvenile holding beds. The facility uses minimum, medium, and maximum security classifications. The inmate handbook says classification is objective and is used to identify traits, risks, and housing needs. New charges, reduced charges, sentencing, and serious discipline can lead to reclassification.
- Pre-Sentenced
- A roster status for a person held before final sentencing or case outcome.
- Work release
- A sentence program for eligible low-risk inmates who leave for work and return nightly.
- Detainer or hold
- A request from another agency, such as IDOC, another county, or ICE, to keep custody.
- Classification
- The jail's custody-risk review used to place inmates in safer housing.
Blaine County Jail Record Laws
Idaho public-record law explains why basic jail and arrest information may be open while some reports, juvenile material, sealed cases, or active-investigation records remain limited. Idaho Code 74-102 states the general right to examine and copy public records unless a law says a record is exempt. Idaho Code 74-103 sets response timing for public-record requests. Idaho Code 74-124 covers law-enforcement investigatory records and the carveout for basic arrest information.
Key Statutes:
Idaho Code 20-612 requires sheriffs to receive jail prisoners committed by lawful authority and counties to furnish basic care.
Idaho Code 20-627 makes unauthorized movement of articles into or out of a county jail a misdemeanor.
Idaho Code 19-2604 describes certain post-judgment discharge, dismissal, set-aside, or amendment relief, but not automatic roster deletion.
Blaine County and IDOC Custody
Sentenced Idaho prison custody is separate from the Blaine County jail roster. The Idaho Department of Correction resident/client search covers people on court probation or under IDOC jurisdiction, including incarcerated people, parolees, and probationers. Blaine roster entries may show IDOC holds or people awaiting transfer, but that is still a county jail custody view. After IDOC receives a person, the statewide IDOC search is the proper locator.
| Custody Question | Best Place to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Current county jail custody | Blaine County detention roster | People listed in the Hailey detention center |
| Recent county booking | Blaine County recent arrests | Recent bookings, including some releases |
| Sentenced Idaho prison or supervision | IDOC resident/client search | Prison, parole, probation, and IDOC jurisdiction |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal BOP records and prison custody |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | ICE detainee lookup, not county mugshots |
Search the Blaine County Inmate Population
The official county roster is a live public list, not a form-based search engine. It is embedded on the county Detention Roster page and available through the county-linked full roster iframe. On June 8, 2026, the full roster displayed a timestamp and 58 results. No search boxes, filters, pagination, export controls, or profile-click buttons were visible. Use browser find for a last name, charge term, arresting agency, IDOC, ICE Hold, or Pre-Sentenced.
- Open the county detention roster or the direct roster iframe.
- Read the timestamp at the top before relying on custody status.
- Scroll the list or use browser find for the person's last name.
- Check mugshot, name, age, hometown, offenses, arresting agency, booking date, and status.
- Open Recent Arrests if the person may have booked and released fast.
- Use IDOC, BOP, ICE, VINELink, phone, or a records request when the roster does not answer the custody question.
Blaine County Roster Lookup Fields
The roster field table is distinctive because Blaine County does not ask the user to fill in a query. The page itself is the list. A current inmate record is a stacked entry with a photo and text fields. Recent Arrests uses a similar format but can add release date information for people who are no longer in custody. A reader looking for older records should not assume the current list is an archive.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search input | None | Not applicable | No visible search form; use browser find on the live list. |
| Timestamp | Page text | Not applicable | Example observed: As of Monday, June 8, 2026 at 3:47 pm. |
| Results | Page text | Not applicable | 58 on current roster and 16 on recent arrests in the observed research. |
| Mugshot | Image | Not applicable | Front-facing booking photo thumbnail where listed. |
| Offenses | Text block | Not applicable | Charges, warrants, sentences, work release, IDOC, other-county holds, and ICE holds can appear. |
| Booking or release date | Date/time text | Not applicable | Booking date appears on the roster; release date appears on recent-arrest entries when released. |
The county-linked full roster iframe is shown below as the source view for current custody. Its timestamp and result count are important because roster entries can change as people are booked, released, transferred, or held for other agencies.
The screenshot reflects the roster format documented in the research: a public list with mugshots, offense text, booking date, agency, and status rather than a search form.
Blaine County Past Inmate Records
Released or older jail records require a different path. The recent-arrests page can show short-window booking and release information, but the research did not locate an official retention duration for the public roster. For older booking records, release records, or a mugshot no longer visible online, use the Blaine County Sheriff's Office records process. Accident and offense reports for involved parties may be requested through the sheriff, and public information maintained in the normal course of business may be requested in writing. The countywide public-records form warns that sheriff accident, incident, and case reports should go directly to the Sheriff's Office to avoid delay.
The records fallback is not just for old files. It is also the route when a roster entry leaves out bond, housing, court date, booking number, or full report detail. Detention questions, visitation, and bond questions go to 208-788-5564. Sheriff main and records questions go to 208-788-5555. The Public Information Officer number listed in research is 208-788-5536 when public-information processing is needed.
Note: The current roster is a custody snapshot, while records requests are the better path for older booking and release history.
Blaine County Inmate Record Details
A Blaine County inmate record on the public roster shows enough to identify the custody event, but it does not show every jail or court field. The visible fields include a mugshot, name, age, hometown when populated, offense text, arresting agency, booking date, and status. Recent-arrest entries can add release date and time. The public roster does not display date of birth, full address, bond amount, housing unit, court date, booking number, or an individual case-link profile.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | Current booking photo thumbnail while listed. |
| Name | Public roster name, usually last name first. |
| Age and hometown | Age in years and city/state/ZIP when entered. |
| Offenses | Charges, warrants, holds, sentence notes, work-release notes, IDOC, and ICE language. |
| Arresting agency | The agency responsible for the arrest or hold. |
| Booking date | Jail intake date and time. |
| Release date | Recent-arrest release date and time when the person has left custody. |
| Status | Observed values included Pre-Sentenced, Sentenced, and blank. |
Blaine County Custody Access Channels
The full access chain matters because no single system covers every person. The county roster covers the county jail population. Recent Arrests covers a recent booking window. IDOC covers sentenced Idaho prison custody and supervision. BOP covers federal sentenced custody. ICE ODLS covers immigration detention. VINELink Idaho adds custody-status and notification service. The Idaho Sheriff Connect app advertises jail information for Idaho sheriff offices, but no Blaine-specific app-only roster, warrant lookup, or mugshot tool was verified in official sources.
Custody split: A person can move from Blaine County jail to court, IDOC, federal custody, immigration custody, or release, and the lookup system changes with that move.
Blaine County Detention Facilities
Research found one clearly identified detention facility operating in Blaine County. The Blaine County Detention Center is the local jail for the county-level inmate population. It can hold newly arrested people, pretrial detainees, sentenced county inmates, work-release inmates, short juvenile holds, other-jurisdiction holds, and people awaiting transfer to IDOC.
- Blaine County Detention Center - county jail operated by the Blaine County Sheriff's Office in Hailey.
Blaine County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Blaine County inmate population?
The county-linked roster showed 58 current roster results on June 8, 2026 at 3:47 p.m. The jail's published rated capacity is 90 beds. That roster count is a point-in-time public list, not an official average daily population.
How do I search the Blaine County inmate population?
Start with the official detention roster and use browser find because the roster has no visible search form. Then check Recent Arrests for quick releases. If the person may be sentenced to state prison, use IDOC instead of the county roster.
Do Blaine County roster records show mugshots?
Yes. The current roster and recent-arrests feed showed public mugshot thumbnails in the research. Booking photos are covered in more detail on the Blaine County jail mugshots page.
Can court charges differ from booking charges?
Yes. The roster may show arrest charges, holds, warrants, or agency status. Formal court charges depend on the prosecutor's filing decision and can be checked through Idaho iCourt after a case is opened.
Where are federal or ICE detainees searched?
Federal sentenced custody uses the BOP inmate locator. Immigration detention uses ICE ODLS. A Blaine County roster entry may show an ICE hold, but ICE ODLS is the immigration locator.