Franklin County sends its prisoners out of county. Franklin runs no county jail; the Sheriff's Office in Preston points families to the Caribou County Jail, 475 East 2nd South, Soda Springs (208-547-3094). Call the Franklin sheriff at 208-852-1234.

A neighbor may hold a Franklin arrestee if its deputies made the Preston arrest or its warrant started the Franklin case. Check these neighbors of Franklin County:

• Bannock County Detention Center, 208-236-7125
• Caribou County Jail, 208-547-3094

On VINELink, enter the name and confirm the Franklin County holding jail in the Franklin custody line. Or call 208-852-1234.

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

Phone 208-852-1234 to ask Franklin deputies about a Preston warrant. The Idaho iCourt case search shows any Franklin case and its dates.

JE's Franklin County bail guide lists Franklin amounts, Preston payment steps and Franklin refunds. A Franklin judge sets felony bail, while Preston misdemeanors use the state's Franklin schedule list.

At release, Franklin County returns Preston booking property; phone 208-852-1234 to ask about pickup times.

• Franklin visits: see our Franklin County visitation page; Preston visits may be Franklin video from home or the Preston lobby; confirm Franklin times.
• Phones and messages: Preston prisoners dial out, and Franklin relatives fund a prepaid Preston phone or message account.
• Money: sending money to a Franklin inmate.
• Mail: put the Franklin prisoner's full name and Preston booking number on letters to the Franklin County holding jail, and call 208-852-1234 for current Franklin rules

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

The Franklin County Courthouse is at 39 West Oneida, Preston, ID 83263; call 208-852-0877. Magistrates take misdemeanors and first appearances; Franklin felonies go to a Preston district judge. Find Franklin dates on the Idaho iCourt case search.

Call 208-852-1234 and tell the Preston shift supervisor about the concern. Franklin staff can't share Preston medical details, yet they log the Franklin report. In a Preston emergency, call 911.

People under 18 go to juvenile detention, not the Franklin adult holding jail. Franklin County Juvenile Services, Preston (208-852-1278).

Federal charges from Franklin County go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Eastern Division, 801 E. Sherman St., Pocatello (208-478-4123). At the first federal appearance, the Franklin defendant may get a detention hearing under 18 U.S.C. 3142. While the case is pending, the Franklin defendant may sit in a contract county jail; 208-852-1234 can tell you if Preston has them. Once sentenced, the Franklin County defendant appears on the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

1. Franklin County screens new bookings under Idaho Code 18-9008 and notifies Homeland Security within 48 hours when a Franklin prisoner may be foreign-born.
2. ICE may lodge a Form I-247A detainer with Franklin County.
3. The Franklin jail follows Idaho Code 18-9005(4) on reasonable detainers.
4. The Franklin County hold runs at most 48 hours, counted straight through weekends and holidays.
5. The ICE Idaho Falls office (2075 N Boulevard, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, 208-535-5100) takes Franklin County detainees, many to the Elmore County Detention Center in Mountain Home.
6. Find the Franklin detainee on the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.

IDOC classifies each Franklin felon at Franklin intake, then picks a prison fitting the Preston case. Search the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search and read our Idaho state prisons guide.

News media can ask Franklin deputies for Preston booking photos under the Idaho Public Records Act. For a Franklin ICE photo, file an ICE FOIA request. Franklin federal mugshots are not public, though the U.S. Marshals Service may post one for a Preston fugitive.

Main Franklin County towns include Preston and Franklin. The arresting agency in Franklin can say where it took the person.

• Preston Police: 208-852-2433
• Franklin County Sheriff's Office (non-emergency): 208-852-1234