Butte County Jail

To search for an inmate in the Butte County Jail, review their criminal charges, the amount of their bond, when they can get visits, or even view their mugshot, go to the Official Jail Inmate Roster, or call the jail at 208-527-8553 for the information you are looking for.

Butte County Jail Inmate Search

Butte County maintains an average of 25 inmates in custody on any given day (in all jails combined). The jail has a weekly turnover of 55% of their population. Every year Butte County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 500 offenders.

The following charts of Butte County inmate population demographics are updated daily. The information shown is for 5/29/2023. For research purposes we have broken down the inmates by sex, age, ethnicity, and criminal charges.

The information is compiled from Butte County, the state of Idaho, as well as the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau records.

For complete information on how to bond, visit, mail, send and receive email, receive phone calls, send money or commissary to an inmate, find information in this and other counties, and view the Most Wanted Fugitives, scroll down this page.

For a collection of over 20 additional graphs and charts of the demographic and criminal arrest information of the inmates in Butte County and Idaho state prisons, click the button below.
Butte County INMATE DEMOGRAPHICS

How Do I Receive Phone Calls from an Inmate in the Butte County Jail?

How Does an Inmate Make Phone Calls in Butte County Jail?

To receive phone calls from an inmate in Butte County follow these instructions:

Butte County Jail uses the services of NCIC for inmate phone calling. It is called a ‘friends & family account”.

In order to receive phone calls from your inmate, you need to do the following:

• Register here, or by phone 800-943-2189
• Choose Idaho.
• Choose Butte County Jail
• Select your Inmate.
• Enter the phone number your Inmate will be calling.
• Fund your Account. ($10-$100 at a time)

NOTE:
1.   You cannot receive any calls to your phone number from your inmate until both you and your phone number are registered.
2.  When you do receive a call, the number you will view on your phone from the incoming call is: 800-943-2189.
3.  When allowed by Butte County Jail, families can also leave secure voicemails for inmates to listen to.

Fees

• Adding funds to your account - $3.00 
• Cost of phone call of a Prepaid Collect Account - $0.21 per minute
• Cost of an interstate (ex. Idaho to a different state) phone call NOT Prepaid - $0.25 per minute
• Cost of an intrastate (ex. Idaho to Idaho) phone call NOT Prepaid - $0.25 per minute
• Cost if you set up your account (or fund it) by phone using a live agent, you will be charged a one-time fee of $5.95.

NCIC Customer Service
Phone - 800-943-2189 or 903-247-0069
Email – [email protected]
Full list of participating jails.

For all the information regarding phone calls with Butte County inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, fees, limits and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.

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