Find Kootenai County Inmates

Kootenai County Jail Roster

The official county custody channel is the Kootenai County Sheriff's In-Custody Report. That page links to the Current Inmate List PDF, the felony and misdemeanor warrant reports, the daily press log, and VINE notification information. The roster itself is titled as a current inmate list with pending bonds. It is a report, not a mobile-app lookup and not a search form.

The best way to search for Kootenai County inmates online is to open the PDF roster and use the browser or PDF viewer find command for a last name. If the name is common, scan the surrounding entries for the full name, incarceration date, arrest type, arresting agency, related case number, and bond due. The roster may show a person in the county jail before the related court case has enough public detail in iCourt.

The manifest image source for the sheriff roster channel is the Sheriff's in-custody report page.

The screenshot helps connect the jail roster to the same sheriff page that also publishes warrant reports and VINE information.

Search Kootenai County Inmate Records

Because the Kootenai County inmate roster is a PDF, the search method is simple but manual. Open the county report, use find by last name, and confirm any match through jail staff before relying on the status, bond, or charge description. A blank or zero bond field can mean the person is sentenced or not bondable on that offense, so the field should not be read as release approval.

1. Open the current inmate list from the sheriff's in-custody report page or the direct Current Inmate List PDF.
2. Use the browser or PDF find tool for the last name, then repeat with the first name if there are many matches.
3. Review the arrest type, arresting agency, charge text, related case number, and remaining bond due.
4. Call the Kootenai County Jail at 208-446-1400 if the custody status or bond field must be confirmed.
5. Use iCourt or District Court Records when the need is the filed case, court date, disposition, or sentence.

Kootenai County Roster Search Fields

The county roster does not offer search boxes. The practical search fields are the text labels exposed in the PDF report. Those labels still matter because they tell users which facts can be checked in the report and which facts require a jail call, an iCourt search, or an IDOC search.

The roster source itself is the current inmate list PDF.

Kootenai County Inmate Field Inventory

The public roster fields are booking-focused. They identify who is in custody, when the person was incarcerated, which agency made the arrest, and what offense text appears on the jail side. They do not replace the filed court case. For charge outcomes, pleas, sentencing, or dismissal, use the court record tied to the case number.

The roster research did not confirm public mugshot, date of birth, race, sex, height, weight, pod, medical flag, or court-date fields in the captured PDF text.

Kootenai County Jail Contacts

Kootenai County custody records are split between the Sheriff's Office, the jail, the property room, the state IDOC system, and court records. Sheriff Robert "Bob" Norris is named on the official command staff page, which says his term began January 1, 2021. For active custody, the jail phone is the direct confirmation point.

The bond-options image source is the Kootenai County Jail bond options page.

The jail contact chain matters because booking, bond, property, and court-case questions may be handled by different counters.

Kootenai County Jail Visitation Rules

The sheriff's visiting page says no in-person visitations are allowed, except for attorneys and law enforcement personnel. Public visits are scheduled through CTEL/InmateSales and may be scheduled up to one week in advance. The official research captured current visiting hours from 7 a.m. with the last visit beginning at 9 p.m.; confirm the window before scheduling because jail operations can change.

The visitation screenshot comes from the jail visiting information page.

The county's video-visit rule is a local access point that a generic inmate lookup would miss.

Kootenai County Inmate Mail and Commissary

Kootenai County Jail changed friends and family mail effective June 15, 2026. Non-legal mail is sent to the scanning address using the inmate name and inmate ID, Kootenai County Jail, ID, PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076. Legal mail stays at the jail address. After July 15, 2026, incorrectly addressed mail is rejected. Original mail is scanned, delivered electronically, and destroyed.

Mail must include the inmate's full name and inmate ID, a valid return address, and scanner-processable paper no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches. Photos are the only permitted enclosure, with up to 10 photos per mailing on photo paper. Stamps, blank envelopes, packages, cash, checks, coded content, stickers, colored pages, paintings, glitter, white-out, glue, liquids, and obscene material are not accepted. As of October 31, 2025, personal mailed books are no longer accepted because tablets provide reading materials.

The mail-policy image source is the Kootenai County Jail mail rules page.

The 2026 mail change is one of the most current custody-record details documented for Kootenai County.

For inmate funds, the jail does not accept cash, money orders, or cashier's checks at the lobby window or by mail. Trust and commissary deposits use JailATM or 877-810-0914. Commissary may be used for nonessential items such as phone time, gift packs, food, clothing, and hygiene items. Facility communications are through CTEL, inmates cannot receive incoming calls, and calls are monitored and recorded.

The commissary image source is the inmate trust account and commissary page.

Money and phone access are separate from the jail roster, but they are part of the practical custody record workflow.

Kootenai County Bond, IDOC, and VINE

Bond options documented by the jail include a bonding company, Point and Pay, inmate trust-account funds through JailATM or phone, and cash or property bond through the Clerk of the Court during business hours. A $15 sheriff bond fee applies for each case number when paying a cash bond through sheriff channels, Point and Pay, or JailATM. The fee is not required when bonding through court.

VINE is linked from the sheriff in-custody page for automated custody and court-event notices. It lets victims track custody or court case status by phone or internet and register for phone or email notices if an offender is released, transferred, escapes, or has a court event or case status change. For state custody, use the IDOC Resident/Client Search, which covers people under IDOC jurisdiction, including incarcerated, probation, and parole status.

IDOC updates daily, but the research warns that location, status, scheduled termination date, and other details can change quickly.

Kootenai County Jail Capacity Update

The county jail dashboard reported in June 2026 that the jail had failed its last inspection for overcrowding only. It listed legal maximum capacity at 361, physical maximum capacity at 451, and total inmates overall at 480. The county also described added staffing funding and money allocated to build out two remaining jail pods.

That capacity context does not change how to search inmate records, but it explains why roster status, housing, release, bond, and transport information should be confirmed close to the time it is needed. For booking records that have become court cases, use Kootenai County arrest records and court charges to distinguish jail-side offense text from filed court charges.