Benewah County Jail Roster Status
No official online Benewah County Jail roster was located in the county and sheriff sources reviewed. The official Benewah County Sheriff's Office page lists the sheriff, office address, and phone number, but it does not publish an inmate search form, booking report, public visitation page, commissary instructions, or a roster feed. The Idaho Sheriffs' Association jail directory is the strongest high-authority jail listing found, and its Benewah County Jail entry marks the jail website field as No Website.
That changes the normal inmate-records workflow. A large county might point users to a web roster, then to profile pages with charges, bond, and housing. Benewah County inmate records require a more direct chain: call the jail, ask whether the person is in custody, ask what can be released by phone, and use a written Idaho Public Records Act request when a copy of a booking record is needed. The jail directory lists Benewah County Jail as a small sheriff-run facility with rated capacity 16 and average daily population 12, so local practice may rely more on staff contact than web publishing.
The county jail path covers local pretrial detainees, local jail sentences, and short-term holds. It does not replace Idaho iCourt for filed charges, the Idaho Department of Correction for sentenced custody, the Federal Bureau of Prisons for sentenced federal inmates, or ICE ODLS for immigration detainees.
The official sheriff contact page is the correct county source to start from. The image below comes from the Benewah County Sheriff's Office page, which confirms the local contact point but does not provide an online roster.
Because the sheriff page is contact-only, the Benewah County inmate records process depends on phone, counter, court, and written records channels.
Check Benewah County Jail Custody
For a current Benewah County jail custody check, start with the jail phone line and use clear identifying facts. Give the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and the approximate arrest date. Ask whether the person is held at Benewah County Jail, whether they were released or transferred, and whether bond or first-appearance information is available. Staff may limit what can be released by phone, especially if the record involves an active investigation, a protected person, or a sealed court matter.
- Call Benewah County Jail or the sheriff's office at 208-245-2555 and ask for jail or booking staff.
- Provide the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting agency if known.
- Ask whether the person is in Benewah County Jail, released, transferred, or held for another agency.
- Ask whether bond, court date, arresting agency, booking charge, and release status can be shared by phone.
- If staff require a written request, submit an Idaho Public Records Act request for the booking record or custody record.
- After court charges are filed, use Idaho iCourt or the Benewah County Clerk to follow the criminal case.
City and tribal arrest paths matter in Benewah County. A person arrested by St. Maries Police, Plummer Police, Idaho State Police, or Coeur d'Alene Tribal Police may still be booked locally, but tribal and cross-county matters can create a different custody trail. If the arrest involved tribal jurisdiction, also contact Coeur d'Alene Tribal Police or the Tribal Justice Center and ask whether Kootenai County or Spokane County jail logs are relevant to that case.
Benewah County Roster Search Fields
Since no official Benewah County web roster was found, there is no public county search form to inspect for exact fields. The practical roster table is therefore a fallback table. It shows what the official research supports: phone inquiry, in-person contact, and written records requests to the sheriff's office. Treat commercial inmate-search pages as unverified unless the county later links to them from an official source.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No official county roster located | n/a | n/a | The official sheriff page publishes no inmate-search form or booking list. |
| Phone lookup fallback | Phone inquiry | No public form | Call 208-245-2555 with full name, date of birth, arrest date, and arresting agency if known. |
| In-person fallback | Counter inquiry | Government ID may be needed | Visit or contact the sheriff's office at 701 W. College Ave, Suite 301, St. Maries, ID 83861. |
| Written request fallback | Public-records request | Needed for copies | Ask for booking record, mugshot, release date, charges, bond, and arresting agency, subject to Idaho exemptions. |
Important: A phone custody check is not the same as a copy of a jail record. Copies, photos, and reports may require a written request.
Benewah County Jail Contact Card
Benewah County has one documented local detention facility in the research file: Benewah County Jail. It is operated by the Benewah County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Anthony Eells is listed on the official county sheriff page and the Idaho Sheriffs' Association materials. The jail directory also identifies Lt. Clint Aldrich as jail administrator. Use this contact point for jail custody questions, records-request routing, visitation confirmation, mail format, money questions, and booking-photo requests.
Benewah County Jail
Benewah County Sheriff's Office
701 W. College Ave, Suite 301
St. Maries, ID 83861
208-245-2555
Sheriff: Anthony Eells
Jail administrator: Lt. Clint Aldrich
The jail directory image below comes from the Idaho Sheriffs' Association directory of Idaho jails, which lists the Benewah County Jail address, No Website status, capacity, and average daily population.
The directory supports the phone-first Benewah County inmate records approach because it provides jail facts but not a public online roster.
Benewah County Booking Record Fields
No county-specific public roster profile was available for inspection, so the Benewah County inmate record field list should be treated as a request checklist. These are the fields a caller or requester can ask about, not a promise that every field will be released in every case. Idaho law starts with public access, but law-enforcement exemptions, sealed court orders, privacy limits, and active-investigation concerns may affect release.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Identifies the booked person. Include full legal name and date of birth when making a request. |
| Booking date and time | Shows when the person entered jail custody after arrest or transfer. |
| Booking number | Internal jail tracking number, useful if the sheriff releases it. |
| Arresting agency | May be the sheriff, city police, tribal police, Idaho State Police, or another agency. |
| Booking charges | Initial allegations listed at intake. These may differ from filed court charges. |
| Bond amount or type | Release condition if bond has been set and no other hold blocks release. |
| Holds or detainers | Shows another custody reason, such as a warrant, probation hold, federal hold, tribal matter, or immigration detainer. |
| Court case number | Connects the jail booking to Idaho iCourt after charges are filed. |
| Custody status | In custody, released, transferred, held for another agency, or moved to IDOC after sentencing. |
| Booking photo | Not located online for Benewah County. Request through the sheriff subject to Idaho law and exemptions. |
Request Benewah County Booking Records
For copies of Benewah County inmate records, use a written Idaho Public Records Act request unless the sheriff's office gives a different local form or custodian. Idaho Code 74-102 states the basic public-records access rule, and Idaho Code 74-103 covers request response and copying procedures. The Idaho Attorney General's public-records guidance says a request should identify the requester, give contact information, describe the record, and include an Idaho residency declaration where relevant.
Ask for the record in plain terms. A useful request might seek the booking record, arresting agency, booking date, release date, bond information, custody status, and booking photograph for a named person during a date range. Ask for a fee estimate before copies are made. Current Idaho guidance notes that Idaho residents receive the first two hours of labor and first 100 pages free before certain fees may apply, and that response timing differs for resident and non-resident requests.
Some material may be withheld or redacted. Idaho Code 74-105 and Idaho Code 74-124 are important because they address law-enforcement and investigatory-record exemptions. If the sheriff withholds a record, ask which exemption applies and whether any non-exempt portion can be released.
Benewah County Jail Service Table
Benewah County Jail-specific visitation, mail, commissary, money-deposit, and phone-vendor pages were not published in the official sources reviewed. That does not mean those services do not exist. It means the details must be confirmed through the jail before a visit, letter, deposit, or phone setup. For a small jail with no listed website, schedules and rules may change faster than web pages can document them.
| Service | Official source located | Practical route |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | No local schedule located | Call 208-245-2555 before arrival and ask about approved days, times, ID, and visitor limits. |
| Video visitation | No vendor located | Ask whether video visits exist and whether scheduling or an account is required. |
| No mail policy located | Ask for the exact inmate name, booking number if required, and mailing format before sending. | |
| Commissary | No vendor or fee table located | Ask jail staff whether commissary is available and how deposits are accepted. |
| Money deposits | No kiosk, online, or phone vendor located | Confirm accepted payment methods, ID rules, and whether fees apply. |
| Phone calls | No provider located | Ask how newly booked inmates can call and whether messaging or voicemail is offered. |
| Attorney visits | No local policy located | Attorneys should coordinate directly with sheriff or jail staff. |
Note: Confirm current custody and facility rules before sending funds, mail, or visitors to Benewah County Jail.
Benewah County Records Versus IDOC
Benewah County inmate records and IDOC records answer different questions. The county jail is for current local custody, booking, release, bond, and short local sentences. The Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search is for people under IDOC jurisdiction, including state prison, retained jurisdiction, community supervision, and discharged IDOC records. A person arrested in Benewah County does not appear in IDOC just because they were booked at the jail.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Current local arrest or short county sentence | Benewah County Jail by phone or records request | Local booking, release, bond, holds, and jail custody status. |
| Filed criminal case | Idaho iCourt portal or Benewah County Clerk | Charges filed by the prosecutor, hearings, case status, payments, and public court events. |
| State prison or supervision | IDOC Resident/Client Search | IDOC number, name, birth year, status, facility, sentence data, and case number when available. |
| Federal sentenced custody | Federal BOP Inmate Locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present by number or name. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Immigration detainee location, separate from the county jail and IDOC. |
| Victim notification | VINELink | Custody, release, prison, and court-date notification where data is available. |
IDOC Search Fields After Sentencing
When a Benewah County case leads to IDOC custody or supervision, the state locator becomes the better search tool. IDOC results display fields that a county jail phone inquiry may not. Results can show IDOC number, last name, first name, middle name, birth year, and status. Detail pages may list mailing address, facility phone, offense, sentencing county, court case number, released-to-supervision date, and sentence satisfaction date. IDOC also warns that records update daily but can still lag behind fast custody changes.
- IDOC number
- Unique state correction number used for state custody and supervision records.
- Status
- May show in custody, in community, discharged, or another IDOC status.
- Birth year or age
- Helps distinguish people with similar names.
- Mailing address
- Current prison or facility mailing location when available.
- Offense and sentencing county
- Shows active IDOC sentence information and the county of sentence.
- Case number
- Links the sentence back to the Idaho court case.
Benewah County App and Notifications
Research found the statewide Idaho Sheriff Connect app on Apple and Idaho Sheriff Connect on Google Play. An official Bonneville County sheriff announcement identified Benewah County Sheriff's Office as a rollout agency. The Benewah in-app profile could not be inspected from the web, so any Benewah-specific inmate roster, warrant, or records-request feature in the app should be treated as unverified until confirmed inside the app or by the sheriff.
VINELink is different from a roster. The Idaho Sheriffs' Association VINE materials describe notification for jail or prison release and court dates where connected data is available. It can help victims and families monitor changes, but it should not be treated as a complete substitute for a direct jail custody check in Benewah County.