Where Power County Jail Releases Go
Power County Jail, also called the Power County Detention Division, is the adult county facility operated by the Sheriff in American Falls. A direct community exit can follow posting bond, recognizance, dismissal, time served, completion of a local term, or another court order. Leaving the building does not by itself close the criminal case. A person released on bond may still have hearings and may report to local pretrial services.
Other roster exits are transfers. A felony commitment may move the person into Idaho Department of Correction jurisdiction. Another jail can receive someone on a hold. A federal writ or immigration matter can shift custody to a federal authority. The accurate statement is “left Power County custody by transfer” when a receiving agency is shown, not “released to the community.”
| Exit shown by the record | Likely next source |
|---|---|
| Bond, recognizance, or local order | Sheriff release sheet, iCourt, and Power County pretrial office if ordered |
| Time served or completed local term | Judgment, jail calculation, and actual release event |
| IDOC commitment | IDOC Resident/Client Search and Sentencing Records |
| Another jail or authority | The named receiving facility and its official records channel |
| Federal or immigration transfer | BOP, federal docket, ICE locator, or the holding authority as applicable |
Power County Jail Current Bookings
The official roster is titled Current Bookings and displays an “as of” timestamp. It allows a name search, pages through the current names, and shows a current-inmate total. Opening a record can show name, booking number, incarceration date and time, a booking photograph, counts, offense date, charge, court case number, bail amount, and bail type.
The roster does not show actual out time, release reason, destination, case disposition, projected date, supervision status, or custody history. Power County publishes no release tab, 24-hour list, 72-hour list, or released archive. Its timestamp changed during same-day research, so it appears to refresh within the day, but the Sheriff states no update interval or removal lag. Absence is a lead that requires verification.
Note: Record the roster's displayed time because a current-list result is only evidence of what the system showed at that moment.
Confirm a Power County Jail Release
A release check should preserve the known booking details and then follow each possible authority. This keeps a bond release distinct from dismissal and a transfer distinct from freedom from custody.
- Search Current Bookings by name and note the timestamp. If listed, it supports current local booking at that time. If absent, retry spelling and any booked name.
- Save a prior booking number, incarceration date, and court case number if available. These details reduce mistaken identity.
- Search Idaho VINE for the person. Confirm that the returned agency and record match Power County. A failed match is not proof of release.
- Call detention at 208-226-2311 for present-custody confirmation. The official page says an officer may advise custody while treating further details as confidential.
- Search Idaho iCourt by name or case number for a bond or release order, dismissal, judgment, probation entry, commitment, or another hold.
- Request the sheriff release record for actual exit date, time, type, and public destination. Follow IDOC, another jail, BOP, or ICE when the case identifies a transfer.
Do not stop at disappearance. The name can drop because of community release, transfer, a hold, or a record correction. Pair the absence with an affirmative event source.
Power County Jail Release Record Fields
No public online screen supplies the completed release record. A focused request may seek the following fields, subject to lawful redaction and the records the Sheriff actually maintains. This is a request checklist, not a claim that every field must be disclosed.
| Requested field | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Actual release date and time | Distinguishes physical exit from an earlier court authorization |
| Release authority or type | Identifies bond, recognizance, time served, dismissal, completion, probation, or transfer |
| Destination or receiving agency | Separates a community exit from continuing custody elsewhere |
| Booking and charge identifiers | Connects the exit event to the correct booking and case |
| Property or account disposition | Shows any existing record of items or funds handled at exit |
| Booking photograph | Connects the requested image to the booking without proving guilt or release |
Power County Jail Records and Contact
Use the official records-request page and current county form. Name the Sheriff or Detention Division, give the person's full name and date of birth if known, and include the booking number, booking date, case number, and bounded date range. Ask for existing electronic records and accept redaction of nonpublic material.
Power County Sheriff and Detention
550 Gifford Street
American Falls, ID 83211
Phone: 208-226-2311
Fax: 208-226-7783
Public office hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:45 p.m.
The form offers email, mail, or personal pickup. It anticipates research, a cost estimate, possible payment before preparation or delivery, and written notice of delay, clarification, no record, wrong custodian, or denial. Ask for an estimate before work. If access is denied, request the statutory reason and use the Idaho Code §74-115 appeal information on the form.
Bond Release at Power County Jail
The official jail page describes cash, surety, and property bond routes. It states that a separate nonrefundable $10 sheriff fee applies per bond or charge unless charges are grouped by a judge, and it gives exact-payment instructions. Its surety illustration includes 10 percent of the bond, a $35 surety fee, and the $10 sheriff fee. Confirm current amounts and accepted payment methods before arrival.
Posting bond ends the jail stay once release processing is complete, but it does not dismiss the case. A cash bond may later be returned or applied under the court's rules, while the sheriff fee is not refundable. The roster's bail fields help identify the booking, but only the actual release sheet and court record establish what occurred.
Court and Supervision After Jail Release
The roster's case number can lead to the Power County docket in Idaho iCourt. A bond order, dismissal, judgment, jail-credit entry, probation order, or commitment can explain the legal basis. The docket may outlast the booking record but may not show the physical exit time, so reconcile it with the sheriff record.
Power County Probation Services at the courthouse supervises adult misdemeanor probation and felony or misdemeanor pretrial release. This office is separate from IDOC District 6, which supervises state felony probation and parole. A person on local pretrial conditions may be out of jail while the case remains pending. An IDOC “In community” record can likewise reflect active state supervision rather than completed jurisdiction.
Power County Jail History and Scale
A county comprehensive plan from around 2018 described a 30-bed jail, with 21 male and nine female beds, and nine detention deputies. It described the oldest portion as built in 1963 and the newest portion in 1980, with future upgrades flagged for monitoring. These figures help explain the small, local roster and aging-facility setting.
Those are historical planning facts, not a present capacity or staffing certification. The research found no published current release-processing time, exit door, family waiting area, weekend or holiday procedure, or released-property method. Call detention for those operational questions rather than inferring them from the plan.
Leaving Power County Jail Safely
Pocatello Regional Transit publishes demand-responsive Power County service, including American Falls, but it is not a jail shuttle. Its January 2025 guide required a reservation by 4 p.m. one business day ahead at 208-234-2287. An unexpected release may not align with that advance reservation. Recheck the current guide for service days and fares.
The jail publishes no release-property procedure or pickup timetable in the reviewed material. Ask detention about personal property, funds, medication logistics, and the authorized pickup process for the specific booking. The jail page also says a negative medical-account balance may be sent for collection, which is a possible account consequence rather than a universal claim about every release.
What Power County Jail Cannot Confirm Online
The public roster cannot tell whether another hold exists, when staff completed an ordered release, what door was used, or whether a person reached a community destination. It also cannot calculate a projected date. Local jail timing may depend on the judgment, jail credit, concurrent or consecutive cases, bond processing, court orders, and holds.
Do not apply IDOC prison sentence rules to this county jail. Idaho's unified-sentence fields, parole eligibility, and sentence satisfaction dates concern state jurisdiction. For a local term, obtain the judgment and the Sheriff's calculation or release record. For a state commitment, follow IDOC and the receiving institution.