Adults arrested in Ada County are booked at the Ada County Jail, 7210 Barrister Drive, Boise, ID 83704; ring 208-577-3000.

Ada County also has these JE listings: Ada County Juvenile Detention Center (208-577-3000).

Yes: an Ada arrest near a line, a warrant from outside Ada, or a full Boise jail can move an Ada prisoner elsewhere. Check these neighbors of Ada County:

• Canyon County Detention Center, 208-454-7540
• Boise County Jail listing, 208-392-4411
• Elmore County Detention Center, 208-587-9103

Each Ada County entry shows a Boise booking date, Ada charges and many bonds. Two Ada County prisoners may share a name; check Ada ages and dates.

The Ada sheriff's app: Ada County Sheriff's Office app (App Store).

VINE on a phone: VINELink on the App Store and VINELink on Google Play.

Ada County recent arrests: Ada County arrests report.

Ada County warrant list: Ada County warrant list.

Ada deputies at 208-577-3000 can confirm whether a Boise warrant names someone. The Idaho iCourt case search shows any Ada case and its dates.

Our Ada County bail guide lists Ada amounts, Boise payment steps and Ada refunds. An Ada judge sets felony bail, while Boise misdemeanors use the state's Ada schedule list.

At release, Ada County returns Boise booking property; phone 208-577-3000 to ask about pickup times.

• Visits: see our Ada County visitation page; Boise visits may be Ada video from home or the Boise lobby; confirm Ada times.
• Ada calls and texts: prisoners call out on jail phones or tablets; you cannot call in, but you can set up a prepaid account with the Ada jail's provider.
• Money: sending money to an Ada inmate.
• Mail: Ada uses a digital mail center for personal letters: Inmate name and JID number, Ada County Jail, ID, PO Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131. Legal mail goes to 7210 Barrister Drive, Boise, ID 83704.

At the first Ada appearance, an Ada defendant who can't pay may ask the Boise court for a public defender; Idaho's Office of the State Public Defender provides counsel statewide (208-605-4575).

Ada cases are heard at 200 West Front Street, Boise, ID 83702 (208-287-6900). A Boise magistrate hears misdemeanors and early felony steps, and the district judge takes Ada felony trials. Boise hearing dates appear on the Idaho iCourt case search.

Call 208-577-3000 and ask for the Ada medical desk or Boise shift supervisor. Ada staff can't share Boise medical details, yet they log the Ada report. For an emergency, call 911.

People under 18 go to juvenile detention, not the Ada adult jail. Ada County Juvenile Detention Center, 6300 Denton Street, Boise (208-577-4800).

Federal charges from Ada County go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Southern Division, James A. McClure Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 550 W. Fort St., Boise (208-334-1361). At the first federal appearance, the Ada defendant may get a detention hearing under 18 U.S.C. 3142. While the case is pending, the Ada defendant may sit in a contract county jail; 208-577-3000 can tell you if Boise has them. After sentencing, the Bureau of Prisons assigns a prison; find the Ada defendant on the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

1. Under Idaho Code 18-9008, Ada booking staff check whether a prisoner may be a foreign national and report to Homeland Security within 48 hours.
2. ICE may lodge a Form I-247A detainer with Ada County.
3. Idaho Code 18-9005(4) has Ada County honor a reasonable detainer.
4. The Ada County hold runs at most 48 hours, counted straight through weekends and holidays.
5. The ICE Boise office (1185 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709, 208-685-6635) takes Ada County detainees, many to the Elmore County Detention Center in Mountain Home.
6. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator System for the Ada County detainee.

IDOC classifies each Ada felon at Ada intake, then picks a prison fitting the Boise case. Use the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search; our Idaho state prisons guide has more on Ada prisoners.

Reporters may ask the Ada sheriff for Boise mugshots as public records. For an Ada ICE photo, file an ICE FOIA request. Ada federal mugshots are not public, though the U.S. Marshals Service may post one for a Boise fugitive.

Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Kuna and Garden City are among the Ada communities. If a city officer made the arrest, start with that department.

• Boise Police (through Ada County dispatch): 208-377-6790
• Meridian Police: 208-888-6678
• Garden City Police: 208-472-2950
• Ada County Sheriff's Office (non-emergency): 208-577-3000