Adults arrested in Elmore County are booked at the Elmore County Detention Center, 2255 East 8th North, Mountain Home, ID 83647; call either call either 208-587-9103 or 208-587-2122 or the sheriff at 208-587-3370.

A neighbor may hold an Elmore arrestee if its deputies made the Mountain Home arrest or its warrant started the Elmore case. Nearby jails:

• Ada County Jail, 208-577-3000
• Owyhee County Jail, 208-495-1154
• Gooding County Jail, 208-934-4422

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

The Elmore sheriff's app: Idaho Sheriff Connect app (covers Elmore County), linked from the county jail page.

For Elmore alerts on a phone: VINELink on the App Store or VINELink on Google Play.

Elmore deputies at 208-587-3370 can confirm whether a Mountain Home warrant names someone. The Idaho iCourt case search shows any Elmore case and its dates.

JE's Elmore County bail guide explains Mountain Home bail amounts, payment and the court's role. Elmore misdemeanor bail tracks Idaho's schedule, and a Mountain Home judge sets Elmore felony bail.

Elmore prisoners get booked property back at Mountain Home release; call call either 208-587-9103 or 208-587-2122 to ask about pickup times.

• Elmore visits: read our Elmore County visitation page; Mountain Home visits may be Elmore video from home or the Mountain Home lobby; confirm Elmore times.
• Elmore calls and texts: Mountain Home prisoners dial out, and Elmore relatives fund a prepaid Mountain Home phone or message account.
• Elmore deposits: sending money to an Elmore inmate.
• Elmore letters: put the Elmore prisoner's full name and Mountain Home booking number on letters to the Elmore County jail, and call 208-587-9103 for current Elmore rules

The Office of the State Public Defender assigns Elmore counsel when an Elmore County defendant can't pay; ask the Mountain Home magistrate at the first appearance (208-605-4575).

The Elmore County Courthouse is at 150 South 4th East, Suite 3, Mountain Home, ID 83647; call 208-587-2130. Magistrates take misdemeanors and first appearances; Elmore felonies go to a Mountain Home district judge. Mountain Home hearing dates appear on the Idaho iCourt case search.

Phone call either 208-587-9103 or 208-587-2122 and tell the Mountain Home shift supervisor about the concern. Elmore staff can't share Mountain Home medical details, yet they log the Elmore report. In a Mountain Home emergency, call 911.

An Elmore minor is held apart from adults. Elmore County Justice Services, 195 S 5th E, Mountain Home (208-587-2141).

Federal charges from Elmore 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 Elmore defendant may get a detention hearing under 18 U.S.C. 3142. While the case is pending, the Elmore defendant may sit in a contract county jail; 208-587-9103 can tell you if Mountain Home has them. After sentencing, the Bureau of Prisons assigns a prison; find the Elmore defendant on the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

1. Elmore County screens new bookings under Idaho Code 18-9008 and notifies Homeland Security within 48 hours when an Elmore prisoner may be foreign-born.
2. A Form I-247A detainer asks the Mountain Home jail to hold the arrested person.
3. The Elmore jail follows Idaho Code 18-9005(4) on reasonable detainers.
4. ICE then has up to 48 hours past the Elmore release time, weekends and holidays included.
5. The ICE Boise office (1185 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709, 208-685-6635) takes Elmore County detainees, many to the Elmore County Detention Center in Mountain Home.
6. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator System for the Elmore County detainee.

After an Elmore felony sentence, IDOC intake classifies the Mountain Home prisoner, then picks an Elmore placement. Search the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search and read our Idaho state prisons guide.

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

Mountain Home and Glenns Ferry are among the Elmore communities. The arresting agency in Elmore can say where it took the person.

• Mountain Home Police: 208-587-2101
• Elmore sheriff, non-emergency: 208-587-3370