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Idaho correctional populations of Census 2010 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Ada County 845 Local 7200 Barrister Street Boise 83704 3/31/2006
Adams County Jail 28 Local 107 Michigan Council Village 83612 3/31/2006
Bannock County Jail 243 Local P.O. Box 4666 Pocatello 83205 3/31/2006
Benewah County Jail 20 Local 701 College Avenue St. Maries 83861 3/31/2006
Bingham County Jail 103 Local 501 North Maple #405 Blackfoot 83221 3/31/2006
Blaine County Jail 25 Local 1st & Walnut Hailey 83333 3/31/2006
Bonner County Jail 122 Local 4001 N. Boyer Ave. Sandpoint 83864 3/31/2006
Bonneville County Jail 322 Local 605 North Capital Avenue Idaho Falls 83402-3582 3/31/2006
Boundary County Jail 37 Local 6438 Kootenai Street Bonners Ferry 83805 3/31/2006
Canyon County Jail 600 Local 1115 Albany St. Caldwell 83605 3/31/2006
Caribou County Jail 48 Local 159 South Main Street Soda Springs 83276 3/31/2006
Clark County Jail 3 Local Thomas And Main Dubois 83423 3/31/2006
Clearwater County Jail 29 Local 150 Michigan Avenue Orofino 83544 3/31/2006
Custer County Jail 4 Local 9th And Main Challis 83226 3/31/2006
East Boise Community Work Center 96 State 2366 Old Penitentiary Rd. Boise 83712 Canyon County 12/30/2005
Elmore County Jail 31 Local Law Enforcement Bldg. Mountain Home 83647 3/31/2006
Franklin County Jail 5 Local 39 West Oneida Preston 83263 3/31/2006
Fremont County Law Enforcement Center 15 Local 146 N. 2nd West St. Anthony 83445 3/31/2006
Gem County Jail 30 Local 415 E. Main St. Emmett 83617 3/31/2006
Gooding County Jail 38 Local 624 Main Street Gooding 83330 3/31/2006
Idaho Correctional Facility - CCA 1,294 Private 14601 Pleasant Valley Road Kuna 83634-2721 Ada County 12/30/2005
Idaho County Jail 7 Local Courthouse Grangeville 83530 3/31/2006
Idaho Falls Community Work Center 84 State 3955 Bombardier Avenue Idaho Falls 83402 Bonneville County 12/30/2005
Idaho Maximum Security Institution 557 State 13400 Pleasant Valley Road Boise 83707 Ada County 12/30/2005
Idaho State Correctional Institution 1,338 State P.O. Box 14 Boise 83707 Ada County 12/30/2005
Jefferson County Jail 14 Local 200 East Freemont Rigby 83442 3/31/2006
Jerome County Jail 31 Local 300 North Lincoln Jerome 83338 3/31/2006
Kootenai County Jail 445 Local North 5500 Government Way Coeur D`Alene 83816 3/31/2006
Latha County Jail 23 Local 5th & Van Buren Moscow 83843 3/31/2006
Lemhi County Jail 8 Local 206 Courthouse Drive Salmon 83467 3/31/2006
Lewis County Jail 12 Local 510 Oak Nezperce 83543 3/31/2006
Madison County Criminal Justice Center 95 Local 145 E. Main Street Rexburg 83440 3/31/2006
Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center 144 Local 1415 Albion Avenue Burley 83301 3/31/2006
Montpelier City Jail 2 Local 534 Washington St. Montpelier 83254 3/31/2006
Nampa Community Work Center 71 State 2908 11th Ave N Extension Nampa 83687 Ada County 12/30/2005
Nez Perce County Jail 43 Local Box 896 Lewiston 83501 3/31/2006
North Idaho Correctional Institution 416 State Star Rt 3 Box 147 Cottonwood 83522 Idaho County 12/30/2005
Oneida County Jail N/A Local 10 Court Stret Malad 83252 3/31/2006
Orofino Correctional Institution 535 State Hospital Drive N 23 Orofino 83544 Clearwater County 12/30/2005
Owyhee County Jail 28 Local P.O. Box 128 Murphy 83650 3/31/2006
Payette County Jail 70 Local 1130 3rd Ave., N. Payette 83661 3/31/2006
Pocatello Women's Correctional Center 297 State 1451 Fore Road Pocatello 83206-6049 Bannock County 12/30/2005
Port Of Hope Coeur D'Alene Res 23 Private 218 North 23rd Street Coeur D'Arlene 83814 Kootenai County 12/30/2005
Port Of Hope Nampa Residential Ctr 11 Private 508 East Florida Nampa 83686 Canyon County 12/30/2005
Power County Jail 30 Local 550 Gifford Avenue American Falls 83211 3/31/2006
Shoshone County Jail 63 Local 717 Bank Street Wallace 83873 3/31/2006
South Boise Women's Correctional Center 119 State 13200 South Pleasant Valley Road Boise 83634 Ada County 12/30/2005
South Idaho Correctional Institute 823 State P.O. Box 8509 Boise 83707 Ada County 12/30/2005
St. Anthony Work Camp 230 State 125 N 8th Street W St. Anthony 83455 Fremont County 12/30/2005
Twin Falls Community Work Center 81 State 616 Washington Street S Twin Falls 83301 Twin Falls County 12/30/2005
Twin Falls County Jail 206 Local 504 2nd Street, North Twin Falls 83301 3/31/2006
Valley County Jail 53 Local P.O. Box 1350 Cascade Village 83611 3/31/2006
Washington County Jail 33 Local 262 East Court Street Weiser 83672 3/31/2006

This table draws data from three sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 1, 2010: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date on April 4, 2010.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on December 30, 2005 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR24642-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-10-05. doi:10.3886/ICPSR24642
  • Local jails on March 31, 2006 was extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR26602-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-01-26. doi:10.3886/ICPSR26602

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of March 2010.

For state, federal and local prisons built or expanded in the latter half of the decade, you may find this list of New and Expanded Prisons Since 2000 helpful as well.

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