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Power County Jail Overview

The Power County Jail page identifies the local jail as the Power County Detention Division and ties it to the Sheriff's Office in American Falls. The facility serves adult custody for the county. That includes pretrial defendants, people booked on warrants, short-sentence local inmates, and arrests made by the Power County Sheriff's Office, American Falls Police Department, Idaho State Police, or other local authority. Idaho Code 20-601 places county jails under sheriffs, so the Sheriff's Office is the local operating agency for custody and jail records.

The jail is small and local in scale. The Power County Comprehensive Plan states that the facility can house 30 inmates, with 21 male beds and 9 female beds, and that 9 detention deputies operate it. The plan also says the oldest part of the jail was built in 1963 and the newest part in 1980. It flags a need for a restrictive housing or maximum-security addition, which matters when reading the jail's capacity and housing limits.

The official jail information page is also practical. It gives the roster link, bond rules, Telmate and GettingOut deposit methods, commissary timing, personal visitation rules, mail format, medical fee information, and property limits. Those details make the county page the best local source for a family member who needs to confirm custody, arrange a visit, post bond, or send approved funds.

Power County Jail Capacity

The public population figure for Power County Jail should be treated as a dated snapshot, not an annual average. The official roster showed 21 current bookings when inspected on June 8, 2026, while the Comprehensive Plan gives a rated capacity of 30 beds. Power County did not publish an annual average daily population, annual booking count, or full demographic breakdown in the official sources reviewed, so those figures should not be guessed.

Look Up Power County Jail Inmates

The correct lookup for adult county custody is the official Power County Jail Roster. It is a current-bookings list with one Search Name field, a timestamp, pagination, and a total inmate count. Names on the list open booking detail pages. Those detail pages can show the mugshot, booking number, incarceration date, charge rows, court case number when present, bail amount, and bail type.

1. Open the Power County Jail Roster and read the current-bookings timestamp before relying on the list.
2. Search by name, or scan both roster pages if the search spelling may be uncertain.
3. Click the inmate name to open the booking detail and confirm the booking number and incarceration date.
4. Use Idaho iCourt for formal charges, the IDOC resident search after state sentencing, and BOP or ICE only for federal or immigration custody.

The roster is narrow by design. It does not publish a released-inmate tab, housing unit, physical descriptors, next court date, arresting agency, or release date in the inspected public profile. If a person is not listed, try alternate spellings and partial surnames, then call the Sheriff's Office. For a broader custody workflow, the Power County inmate records page separates the county roster from court, state, federal, and immigration systems.

The manifest image below comes from the official Power County Jail information page, which is the source for the jail's roster, bond, visitation, mail, medical, property, and money rules.

The jail page is useful because it joins custody lookup with day-to-day rules, while the roster page is limited to current booking records.

Power County Jail Contact

Use the Sheriff's Office phone line for current custody questions that the roster does not answer. Power County says an officer may advise the custody of an inmate, but further details are confidential. For older booking records, arrest reports, photos, or records not visible on the roster, use the county public records process or the Sheriff's report request form rather than relying on third-party lookup pages.

Power County Jail Visitation

Power County Jail visitation is in person and first come, first served. Visitors register first with Dispatch and must show legal identification, such as a driver's license, military ID, tribal ID, passport, or green card with I-9 form. Visits are 20 minutes. No more than two people may be in a visiting party at the booth, and the room may hold no more than three parties of two at one time.

Children under 18 must be with a parent or legal guardian and may not be left unattended. Visitors may not bring handbags, cameras, cell phones, food, smoking materials, or writing materials into the visitation room. Dress rules bar bare shoulders, bare feet, bare stomachs, short shorts or skirts, low-cut clothing, and garments staff deem provocative. Visitors under the influence of drugs or alcohol are not allowed.

Power County Jail Mail and Money

Mail for adult inmates must use the Power County Detention Division format and go through the U.S. Postal Service. Legal mail is opened only in the inmate's presence. Other incoming mail is opened and searched for contraband or evidence. Paperback books and magazines must come straight from a publisher or bookstore, while hardback books and explicit or security-risk publications are prohibited.

Deposits first satisfy a negative trust balance before the remainder can be used for commissary. The jail lists commissary items such as hygiene products, food, office products, and over-the-counter medication. Money deposited after commissary forms are printed may not be available for that week's order.

Power County Jail Bond Rules

Power County publishes specific bond rules. A $10 bond fee applies for every bond posted, and the fee must be paid separately from the bond amount. The county says the fee applies for each charge unless a judge groups charges under one bond, or for each warrant filed against an inmate. Bonds without the separate fee will not be processed, and exact payment is required because the Sheriff's Office and Detention Division cannot make change.

A roster bail amount of 0 does not always mean release is free. It may reflect a hold, warrant, no-bond order, or an amount not yet available in the roster table. Confirm release terms with the jail and court before bringing payment.

Power County Jail Booking

Power County's local intake statement says that after booking is complete, the inmate is allowed to make a phone call to notify family or friends of custody and charges, and bond information may also be discussed. The public booking detail then gives the visible record fields: name, booking number, incarceration date, mugshot, charge text, court case number if present, bail amount, and bail type.

Classification and housing details are not published in full, but Idaho Code 20-602 requires separate male and female housing, separate handling for juveniles processed as adults, and an objective inmate classification system. That is why the public roster should be read as a custody lookup, not a full jail-management record.

About Power County Jail

The Power County Jail is part of a larger Sheriff's Office structure that includes patrol, detention, dispatch, court services, civil work, support services, search and rescue, and emergency communications. Dispatch is staffed for 24-hour phone and radio operations, and it supports law enforcement, fire, ambulance, and search and rescue calls across the county. Visitors interact with that dispatch function when they register before jail visitation.

For court outcomes after an arrest, the roster is only the first source. Formal charges, hearings, amended charges, dispositions, and payment status are checked through Idaho iCourt or the local court. Booking photos for current adult inmates appear on roster detail pages when available, while the Power County jail mugshots page explains older photo requests and public-record limits.