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Kootenai County Inmate Population Overview

The adult Kootenai County inmate population is centered at the Kootenai County Jail Bureau in Coeur d'Alene. The jail is run by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office and holds adults booked after arrests, people committed by a court, short-sentence jail inmates, warrant arrests, probation or parole violators, and holds for other agencies. The public roster also shows labels such as custody arrest, court arrest, warrant arrest, hold for other agency, and US Marshal hold. Those labels matter because they tell a reader whether the person is in a local criminal case, a court-driven custody event, or another agency's custody path.

Kootenai County also operates Kootenai County Juvenile Detention, but that facility is not part of the adult jail roster. Juvenile detention serves Kootenai County and nearby jurisdictions, including Benewah, Boundary, Latah, Shoshone, and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe. Sentenced felony custody is different again. The Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search covers state prison, probation, and parole records, while the Kootenai County roster remains the local adult jail report.

Kootenai County Inmate Population Statistics

Kootenai County publishes one of the clearest local jail capacity pictures in Idaho. The official Kootenai County JAIL dashboard lists a legal maximum capacity of 361, a physical maximum capacity of 451, and 507 total inmates overall as of April 2026. The Idaho Sheriffs' Association jail directory separately lists the Kootenai County Jail rated capacity as 451 and average daily population as 416. These figures should be read together because legal capacity, physical beds, average daily population, and a point-in-time total are not the same measure.

Kootenai County Inmate Population Trends

The most important trend is pressure above capacity. Kootenai County says the jail population decreased during COVID-19 and then surged again. By April 2026, the county dashboard placed the total inmates overall at 507. That was 56 people above the physical maximum of 451 and 146 above the legal maximum of 361. The county also states that the jail failed its last inspection for overcrowding only, not for every inspection category. Funding has been allocated to build out two remaining jail pods, but the county frames the issue as overcrowding and understaffing beyond the building itself.

The official sources inspected did not publish a local age, race, sex, pretrial, sentenced, or felony-versus-misdemeanor breakdown. The roster still gives useful clues. Kootenai County jail entries can show custody arrests, warrant arrests, court arrests, holds for other agencies, parole or probation entries, and federal marshal holds. Those categories should not be converted into demographic statistics, but they do show that the Kootenai County inmate population is not one single type of jail case.

Kootenai County Jail Capacity

The capacity dashboard is the strongest local source for current conditions. It states that the Kootenai County Jail is over maximum capacity and that overcrowding was the only failed inspection issue. Idaho's jail standards system gives that local statement more context. The Idaho Sheriffs' Association jail services program describes annual inspections across many jail categories, including administration, security, fire safety, health care, sanitation, inmate rights, mail, visiting, classification, and work release. Kootenai County's own dashboard should be used first for the local capacity numbers, while the statewide standards source explains the inspection framework.

The directory image below comes from the Idaho Sheriffs' Association jail directory, which lists the Kootenai County Jail rated capacity and average daily population.

That directory view helps distinguish rated capacity and ADP from the county dashboard's April 2026 total inmate count.

Kootenai County Inmate Record Laws

Idaho law explains why many Kootenai County jail records are public, while some details can still be withheld or redacted. Idaho Code Section 74-102 gives the public a right to examine public records unless an exemption applies. Idaho Code Section 74-103 sets agency response timing for public-records requests. For jail and arrest records, Idaho Code Section 74-124 is central because it allows law-enforcement investigatory records to be withheld only when specific harms apply, while basic arrest and event information is carved out from that definition.

Search Kootenai County Inmates

The official Kootenai County inmate search channel is not a modern database with last-name fields and profile pages. KCSO publishes an In-Custody Report page that links the Current Inmate List PDF, daily press log, wanted reports, and VINE. The direct Current Inmate List PDF was inspected on June 8, 2026 and displayed a current-as-of timestamp. It is a report, so the practical search method is opening the PDF and using the browser or PDF find command.

1. Open the KCSO In-Custody Report page and select the Current Inmate List PDF.
2. Check the current-as-of timestamp near the top of the PDF before relying on custody or bond status.
3. Use PDF or browser find to search the person's last name. The inspected report was alphabetical by last name.
4. Read all arrest blocks under the person's name because one person can have several arrest or charge lines.
5. Use the related case value to move from jail custody information to iCourt when court charges need to be verified.
6. If the person is not listed, call the jail, check the Daily Press Log, search IDOC, or submit a KCSO records request.

Kootenai County Jail Roster Fields

The roster's field set is useful, but limited. It shows custody and bond information for the adult jail population, not a full court docket and not a state criminal history. The inspected PDF did not show booking numbers, mugshots, date of birth, housing unit, height, weight, race, sex, judge, or a clickable profile. That makes the jail roster a starting point rather than the final answer for every search.

The KCSO in-custody page screenshot shows the official hub where the current report, daily press log, warrants, and VINE route begin.

Because the public roster is a report, the hub page is also the best place to check related official PDFs when one list does not answer the question.

Kootenai County Released Inmate Records

Kootenai County did not publish a public retention rule for how long released people remain visible on the current inmate PDF. That matters for past inmate searches. Once a person is released, transferred, or moved into a state correctional status, the current adult roster may stop being the right source. The Daily Press Log can help with recent booking context because it lists a reporting period, names, ages, statutes, offense descriptions, judicial status, bond amount remaining, total inmates, and total bookings for the period captured.

For older jail records, use the KCSO records process. The KCSO forms page identifies jail records requests as covering incarceration dates, booking photos, and other jail-related records. The online channel is the KCSO JustFOIA public records portal, and the printable form asks for the date, report number, CAD number, requester contact information, and a specific description of the records requested. If the request concerns a person, the form asks for a second identifier such as date of birth or other identifying information.

Kootenai County Jail vs IDOC

Readers often mix the Kootenai County jail roster with IDOC records. They serve different stages of custody. The Kootenai County Jail holds adult county custody, including pretrial detainees, short-sentence jail inmates, court and warrant arrests, and agency holds. IDOC covers state prison, probation, parole, and other state correctional jurisdiction. An IDOC profile can sometimes list Kootenai County Jail as a current physical location, so checking both systems is sensible when a person has a state supervision status and local custody is unclear.

State Federal ICE Search

When the Kootenai County inmate population search reaches beyond the local jail, use the right locator for the custody type. The IDOC Resident/Client Search accepts a last name or IDOC number and updates daily, but IDOC warns that location and status can change quickly. The BOP Inmate Locator is for federal sentenced prisoners from 1982 to present. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System covers people in ICE custody or CBP custody for more than 48 hours and cannot search minors under 18.

US Marshal holds need special care. The Kootenai County roster can show a US Marshal hold when a person is physically housed at the county jail for federal reasons. That does not mean the person is already in BOP custody. Federal pretrial custody, federal court production, sentenced BOP custody, and immigration custody are separate channels. KCSO also links Idaho VINELink for custody and court event notifications by phone or internet.

Kootenai County Jail Services

Jail services affect the inmate population because they shape daily custody, release, and family contact. Kootenai County allows no in-person social visits, with attorneys and law enforcement exempt. Video visitation and communication use CTEL and InmateSales. Friends and family can use JailATM for trust, commissary, and phone time, but KCSO states that cash, money orders, and cashier checks are not accepted at the jail lobby window or by mail for inmate funds.

Kootenai County Detention Facilities

The Kootenai County inmate population site map has two local detention facilities. The adult jail is the primary county roster facility. Juvenile detention is a separate secure facility with more restricted access, and it should not be treated as an adult booking search.

• Kootenai County Jail - adult county jail for pretrial detainees, sentenced jail inmates, warrant arrests, court arrests, probation or parole violators, USMS holds, and other-agency holds.
• Kootenai County Juvenile Detention - secure juvenile detention serving Kootenai County and nearby jurisdictions; juveniles are not listed through the adult current inmate PDF.

Kootenai County Inmate FAQ

How large is the Kootenai County inmate population?

The official county dashboard listed 507 total inmates overall as of April 2026. The Idaho Sheriffs' Association directory listed average daily population at 416 and rated capacity at 451. The county dashboard also lists legal maximum capacity at 361.

How do I search the Kootenai County inmate population?

Open the KCSO In-Custody Report page, then open the Current Inmate List PDF. Use PDF find for a last name, check the current-as-of timestamp, and read each arrest block under the person's name.

Does the Kootenai roster show mugshots?

The inspected public Current Inmate List PDF did not show mugshots or clickable profile pages. KCSO records materials identify booking photos as jail records that can be requested through the sheriff records process.

Where do state prisoners appear?

State prison, probation, and parole records appear in the IDOC Resident/Client Search. No adult IDOC prison or community reentry center was found physically in Kootenai County.