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Ada County Jail

County jailMaximumUnder capacity (80%)LowHigh
Verified 2 Jun 2026
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Ada County Jail is a county jail located in Ada County, Idaho. Rated capacity: 1,224. Reported population: 980. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

1,224

Current population

980

Occupancy

80%

Year opened

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Ada County Sheriff / Corrections

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

Region

Idaho

Security level

Maximum

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

7200 Barrister Dr, Boise 83704

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

0/100
Low concern0/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

Compared to other facilities in United States

7299 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 0/100 · peers avg: 2/100 (100%)

Higher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United States.

Occupancythis: 80% · peers avg: 93% (14%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1224 · peers avg: 545 (+125%)

Data completeness

74%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

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