Idaho Department of Correction

The Idaho Department of Correction maintains a searchable public database of all of the inmates they have in custody.

The prison that an inmate is assigned to depends on factors such as security classification, remaining time of their sentence, gang affiliation, and location of their residence.

The Idaho State Prison System began in 1864, when the Idaho Territorial Legislature first authorized the state to lock up prison convicts.

Today the state of Idaho Prison System maintains 14 prisons and community reentry centers, including one in Arizona.

With a staff of 2,000 correctional, parole and probation workers, as of the end of 2023 they oversee approximately 8,000 inmates, with another 5,000 on parole, supervised release or absconded.

The following will explain the instructions, tricks and hacks you can use to find any inmate in custody with the Idaho Department of Correction.

Idaho Department of Correction Inmate Search Instructions

The Idaho Department of Correction provides a limited amount of information you may want to know about any inmate in their system, however they do list every inmate. Inmates in custody have their crimes listed, while those that have served their sentences and been released, do not.

To look up an inmate, you don't even need to know the spelling of their name.

• You can list all inmates whose last name begin with any three letters by entering those three letters in the last name field.
• You can search an inmate using their IDOC Inmate Number.

The first set of results if you just use any three letters in the 'Last Name field' as we did here, or if you used the full name of the inmate, will just list their name, IDOC Number, age, and their status. If they are on parole or probation or discharged, it will be noted. Click on the linked IDOC Number to get to the inmate's page, specifically those who are still incarcerated.

The inmate's page will have a little more information, but no mugshots.  In addition, if they are discharged their crimes will NOT be listed.

Idaho Department of Correction uses Access Corrections Secure Deposits (also known as 'Smart Deposit') for depositing money into an inmate's account. 

The information below provides you complete instructions regarding the Idaho Department of Correction:
- Inmate Accounts and Deposits,
- Commissary Information,
- Depositing Money Online,
- Mailing Inmate Money, and
- What 'property' Idaho Department of Correction inmates are allowed to have in jail and/or have dropped off to them.
Follow the instructions below on this page exactly to help ensure that your inmate has access to commissary, and in some cases medical and bail money, as soon as possible.

You can also mail your inmate a money order or cashier's check to:

Send DEPOSITS FOR PRISON RESIDENTS to:
Secure Deposits-Idaho DOC
PO Box 12486
St. Louis, MO 63132

Send PAYMENTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED POPULATION to:
Secure Deposits-Idaho DOC P&P    
PO Box 12486 
St. Louis, MO 63132

Idaho Department of Correction Inmate Visitation Information

Step 1

Fill out your online application .  You will also undergo a background check.  If Children are visiting, each child must also have a completed application.

Step 2

If the inmate is new to the prison, visitors must wait until the resident has been classified before submitting the application so they will know which institution to send it to. This may take several weeks. Hours and schedules for Idaho Department of Correction and all other facilities in the IDOC can be found here.  Your inmate will be motified when your application is approved, and your inmate is then responsible for notifying you.

Step 3

Schedule a visit, but first read and understand the Visitation Rules and Policies.

Idaho Department of Correction uses IC Solutions for their inmate phone services.

In order to communicate with your inmate by telephone you must register with IC Solutions and choose a 'type' of account.

There are two different types of phone accounts you can fund:
1.    Prepaid Accounts - With a prepaid account the funds belong to you. You control whether the inmate uses the funds by either ‘accepting’ or ‘rejecting’ each call to you by your inmate.
2.    Debit Telephone Accounts – With a Debit telephone account, the funds are transferred directly to your inmate. Your inmate can call any phone number unless it is blocked by Idaho Department of Correction.

How it works:
1.    First, you must register with IC Solutions:

• Register Online, or
• Register by Phone 888-506-8407 (available 24/7), or
• Register by Mail (see addresses and instructions below).

2.    Choose whether you are funding a Prepaid or a Debit account.
3.    Follow the prompts for choosing Idaho Department of Correction for a Debit account, or choosing an ‘inmate’ for a Prepaid account.
4.    Make payment.

Prepaid Account - More Information
- One Prepaid account per inmate/phone number. 

• If you have more than one inmate, you must open a separate account for each.
• If you have two numbers (cell and home), you must open a separate account for each.

- Use Prepaid Accounts if you want to have the ability to leave voicemail messages for your inmate. 
- Prepaid Accounts can be funded to allow for Remote Video Visits if they are available at the facility.
- Collect calls are allowed, but only to your landline. You will see the IC Solutions portion of the bill on your land line phone bill.
- Cost – Prepaid Accounts are charged $0.21 per minute. Rates are subject to change.
- All phone calls are recorded.
- Refunds of unused funds will be refunded to you.

Debit Telephone Accounts – More Information
- Your Inmate controls the funds and can call any phone number not restricted by Idaho Department of Correction.
- Cost – Debit Accounts are charged $0.21 per minute. Rates are subject to change.
- All phone calls are recorded.
- Refunds of unused funds are the property of your inmate.

Voicemail – More Information
- Voice mail messages cannot exceed 30 seconds in length.
- Voicemail messages can be left 24/7
- Your inmate will immediately be notified they have a message.
- Idaho Department of Correction will provide you with its own Inmate Voicemail Number for this service.

IC Solutions Contact Information
Contact Information
Phone 888-506-8407 (available 24/7)
Online contact form

Mail-in Purchases
Please allow for a delay in the use of IC Solutions Phone services when using Mail-in purchases.

ICSolutions
Customer Service
2200 Danbury Street
San Antonio, TX 78217

When purchasing PREPAID phone services through a mail-in purchase, please be sure to include with your payment, your:

• name, 
• address, and 
• the designated telephone number you wish to receive calls from.

When purchasing DEBIT phone services through a mail-in purchase, (Western Union, cashier's check, or money order only) please be sure to include with your payment, your:

• Inmate’s name and Inmate number
• Inmate’s Facility
   

Idaho Department of Correction Inmate Mail Guidelines

Postcards
The Idaho Department of Correction allows inmates to receive pre-metered postcards like the type purchased from the post office. They may also allow certain photo postcards as long as they have not been tampered with or contain images that may be considered to be obscene or violent in nature. It is best to only use blue or black ink. Always include your name and return address.

Envelopes
The Idaho Department of Correction also allows envelopes to be mailed to inmates. It is best to only use blue or black ink.

Postcards and envelopes MUST HAVE the sender's full name and return address on the envelope. 

Postcards and envelopes MUST be mailed to the following address:

Resident's Last Name and IDOC Number
Facility and Resident's Unit Number
Third Line: PO Box (ISCC - PO Box 70010, ISCI - PO Box 14, SICI/SICI-CRC- PO Box 8509, IMSI and SBWCC - PO Box 51)
Boise, ID 83707

(For PWCC, ICIO, NICI. SAWC, and CAPP, on the third line, use the address listed on the individual facility's page.)

Legal Mail

Send all Legal Mail to this Address:

Resident's Last Name and IDOC Number
Facility and Resident's Unit Number
Third Line: PO Box (ISCC - PO Box 70010, ISCI - PO Box 14, SICI/SICI-CRC- PO Box 8509, IMSI and SBWCC - PO Box 51)
Boise, ID 83707

(For PWCC, ICIO, NICI. SAWC, and CAPP, on the third line, use the address listed on the individual facility's page.)

Newspapers
Newspapers may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher.

Magazines
News, special interest or sports magazines may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher. Any magazines that contain profanity, weapons, pornography or other content that is adult in nature will be confiscated by the jail staff and will NOT be delivered to the inmate.

Books
The Idaho Department of Correction allows books to be mailed directly to the jail from: 

Edward R. Hamilton
Thrift Books
Discover Books
More than Words
Prison Book Program
Books a Million
Books N Things
Sure Shot Books
The Women's Prison Book Project
Idaho Prison Arts Collective
At this time, Amazon is not an approved vendor.

Books must NOT contain images or content that are considered excessively violent, pornographic or obscene. Any book that does not meet the Idaho Department of Correction standards will be disposed of. 
Hard cover books will not be accepted by the jail due to their potential to be used as a weapon.

All newspapers, magazines and books are to be shipped to:

Resident's Last Name and IDOC Number
Facility and Resident's Unit Number
Third Line: PO Box (ISCC - PO Box 70010, ISCI - PO Box 14, SICI/SICI-CRC- PO Box 8509, IMSI and SBWCC - PO Box 51)
Boise, ID 83707

(For PWCC, ICIO, NICI. SAWC, and CAPP, on the third line, use the address listed on the individual facility's page.)

Idaho Department of Correction contracts with Access Securepak (aka MyCarePak) for families to send pre-determined packages of commissary items to your inmate.

Access Securepak carries over 1,000 different items in the following categories:
- Food and Snacks
- Personal Hygiene Products
- Electronics
- Apparel

Registration Process:
1. Register here.
2. Select Idaho.
3. Select Idaho Department of Correction.
4. Find your Inmate.
5. Deposit Funds.
6. Order Commissary Items.
Once you are logged in, you will receive instructions on how much (and what products) you can send your inmate.
Contact Information:
* If you have any questions, you can call Access Securepak at 800-546-6283.
* You can email My Care Pack at customerservice@securepak.net.
* You can write them at:
    Access Securepak
    10880 Linpage Place
    St. Louis, MO 63132

* You can Live Chat with a Representative online: (bottom left corner of page)
   Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.–11 p.m. CST, 
   and Saturdays, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. CST.

*Note* Access Securepak will issue a refund for or replace broken, damaged, or missing products reported by Idaho Department of Correction staff. They will not honor reports of discrepancies from inmate's families or friends.
My CarePack is the Idaho Department of Correction's outside vendor for Commissary Items. They have a very good mix of Chips, Snacks, Candy, Meat, Seafood, Hygiene products, Letter writing materials, Electronics and Apparel items for sale on their website.

*NOTE* -- Once you are fully registered and have selected the inmate you wish to send commissary to, you will receive instructions on how much you can deposit, how much (and what) you can purchase for your inmate, and how often you can send commissary.

Idaho Department of Correction uses Jpay for Inmate Email.

Register here. (You are already registered if you signed up with Securus for 'Phone' or 'Remote Visitation').

Steps: 
1.  Sign up for eMessaging
2. Find your inmate.
3. Purchase a book of Securus ‘stamps’.
4. Type & Send message.

Things you CAN do:
1.  You CAN ONLY send messages from the Jpay website, or with the Jpay app. (links below).
2. You CAN deposit money to your inmate, and they can use the credit on their end.
4. Each time you send a message, you CAN pay for them to reply.
5. You CAN send photos. (Jail staff will review for appropriateness) 

Things you CANNOT do:
1.  You CANNOT use your own personal email to send messages.
2. You CANNOT send any message or photo that would normally be rejected by regular mail.

Other Things:
1.  Photos must be .jpg, .jpeg or .png.
2. eMessages and photos must meet the jail’s standards for regular mail.
3. If your eMessage or Photo is rejected you will be notified of the reason, but you will NOT get a refund.

What is the cost of sending inmate messages?

• Send a text Message - 1 stamp
• Purchase a reply for your inmate - 1 stamp
• Attach up to 5 photos - 1 stamp each photo
• Share up to 5 eCards - 1 stamp each eCard
• Send just a photo with no text - 1 stamp
• Send a 30 second VideoGram - 3 stamps

What can your inmate do with digital 'stamps'?

• Reply to your eMessage if you attach a return stamp
• Receive transferred stamps you share with them (no cost to transfer)
• When available, they can purchase their own stamps from their Inmate Debit Account

Contact Information and Help:
eMessaging FAQ  
eMessaging Signup & Helpful Information  
Online Customer Service Support 
Phone Support: 800-574-5729
iphone app
Android app

Idaho Department of Correction now offers Jpay Tablets to their inmates.

  
Jpay is the same company that handles money deposits, video visitations, email and texting and digital letters.

The tablets can be rented on a monthly basis and while not directly connected to the internet, the inmates can use them for the following activities:

• Phone Calls - Inmates may make calls directly from their tablet allowing for more privacy. The rates are the same as the phones in the unit, and the calls are still recorded and monitored.
• eMessaging - Communicate via a text based message or picture. Fee based system.
• Education - Free educational platform and course catalog that provides thousands of educational resources.
• Self Help -Inmates have daily access to mental health and addiction recovery programming.
• Music - Top-40, Hip-Hop, Country, Rock, Gospel, and more.
• Law Library -  Legal research with up-to-date case information.
• eBooks - Thousands of available titles.
• Religion - Religious resources for spiritual guidance.
• Games - Inmates can play their favorite games. Available through monthly subscriptions
• Facility Services - Digital access to submitted forms, requests, facility documents, and notifications from staff.

Here's how it works:

• Register here.  It is recommended you use Chrome or Firefox.
• Pay for the subscription.
• You get charged the 1st of each month. 
• You get charged a full month even if it's only used for a partial month.
• No activation or early termination fees.
• Your inmate will receive their tablet in 3-5 business days, after you pay.

Questions:

• By phone - 800-574-5729

Once an inmate is convicted and sentenced for a violation of that state’s felony laws (and their sentence is more than one year in length), they are moved from the City or County Jail and sent to a State Prison in Idaho. If the violation they are convicted of is a federal crime, they will be sent to a Federal Prison, but will not necessarily be doing their time in Idaho.

Idaho State Prisons are operated and maintained by the state government and are used to confine and rehabilitate criminals. State prisons are funded by state tax money. The fund is used to provide food and clothes to inmates and to hire employees to keep the prison running. Inmates in state prison enjoy certain privileges such as TV use and recreation, both indoor and outdoor. The number of privileges allowed depends on the security level of the prison, the inmate and the overall needs of the prison on a specific day.

Idaho has minimum, medium and maximum security prisons. The Corrections Department in Idaho also maintains low (or no) security residential settings and camps where inmates assist in state property maintenance and duties such as fighting fires. Almost all prisons provide ‘jobs’ where an inmate can earn a small hourly wage and even learn a trade. Some prisons even contract with call centers and handle phone calls on issues related to their state government. Criminals who have committed a violent crime or killed someone are likely housed in a maximum security prison. If the inmate in these prisons behave, they are also eligible to recreate and/or work as well.

In Idaho Prisons rehabilitation is the stated goal but the reality is that they exist to punish inmates for their crimes and keep them from hurting or harming innocent people on the outside who follow the laws and live and act responsibly. The fact is that most prison systems are underfunded, overcrowded and are not able to spend time and money rehabilitating offenders. This is not the fault of the people hired to work in prisons, they are just victims of the lack of resources due to budgeting constraints.

State Inmate

Most states have Department of Corrections websites that allow you to type in a felon's first and last name and pull up inmates in that state.

If you need to find a sentenced inmate serving time in a state other than Idaho, go here. To find an inmate in Idaho, just scroll to the top of the page and click on the Inmate Search button.

Once you locate them click next to the inmate's name or on the link provided and it will show you which prison the inmate is housed in. If the inmate is no longer incarcerated, but is on parole/probation or discharged, it will tell you that as well. In addition, many state prison inmate pages show recent mug shots.

Federal Inmate

The federal prison system has its own inmate locator called the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator.

Type in the inmate's name and it will tell you where he or she is incarcerated and their projected release date. It also lists released federal prison inmates and the date they were released.

Federal inmates who are moved from one prison to another will show as "No longer in federal custody" on the system until they reach their next federal prison destination. This movement can take a few days to several months to complete, so keep checking back to find out where the inmate was taken.

ICE Inmates

The ICE Detainee Lookup allows friends, family members and interested parties to locate illegal and/or undocumented immigrants that are in the United States without permission.

Has the Inmate been recently arrested?... Try a County Jail

In many cases, the person you are looking for has either not been convicted or sentenced or has been sentenced and is awaiting transport to a State or Federal Prison and is still incarcerated in a City or County Jail.

To locate that person, go here to first find the State, and then the County where they were originally arrested or have been transported to. From there you can begin your search in our databases that contain the names and information of millions of inmates.

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