Cassia County Jail Roster Overview
The Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center is the local jail facility for Cassia inmate records. It is located at 1415 Albion Avenue, Burley, ID 83318, phone 208-878-1000. The official jail page says the center is required by state law to take charge of adult individuals charged with or convicted of a public offense and to take them before the nearest magistrate. Capacity was not located in the official Cassia materials, so no capacity figure should be assumed.
Sheriff Jarrod Thompson's office also publishes the sheriff and jail contact structure. The Cassia County Sheriff's Office is at 129 East 14th Street, Burley. Dispatch is 208-878-2251, administration is 208-878-1002, records is 208-878-1107, and the jail line is 208-878-1000. The roster, recent bookings, outstanding warrants, and sheriff app are all linked from Cassia County's sheriff and law-enforcement pages.
The Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center page is the county hub for roster, recent booking, warrant, PREA, and jail information.
The page warns that jail information should not be relied upon for legal action, that juvenile offenders are not included, that the database is updated frequently, and that inmate status can only be confirmed in person or by phone at 208-878-1000.
How to Use the Cassia County Inmate Roster
The Cassia County jail roster is a public browse list, not a search form with required fields. It is best for current local jail and pretrial custody. It is not the right source for a person already transferred to Idaho Department of Correction custody, on probation or parole, in federal custody, or held by another county outside the Mini-Cassia system.
- Open the jail roster from the Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center page or the county courts and law enforcement page.
- Browse the list or use the browser find function for a last name.
- Compare name, image, age, sex, race, booking date, booking identifier, agency, and case number before assuming a match.
- Review each case or charge line separately because one person may have several cases, agencies, or bond entries.
- Call the jail at 208-878-1000 to confirm current custody, release, transfer, or hold status.
Recent bookings are a different county list. The recent-bookings page emphasizes intake date, charge code, charge description, and charge level. The jail roster emphasizes current custody identifiers, case numbers, agencies, and bond amounts. Use both when the question involves a new arrest and a current hold.
Roster Field Table
The public roster does not require users to enter a last name, first name, or booking number. It displays public list fields. The table below describes the fields found in Cassia's roster research.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Browse text | n/a | Displayed in last-name and first/middle-name style. |
| Image | Photo/link | n/a | Public image link may appear with the roster entry. |
| BID | Text | n/a | Booking identifier, such as MCJ:26-557 or MCJ:25-1175. |
| MNI | Text | n/a | Master name index number. |
| Sex / Race / Age | Text and number | n/a | Used to distinguish people with similar names. |
| Booking date/time | Date/time | n/a | Shows when the person was booked into custody. |
| Days | Number | n/a | Days in custody or listed count. |
| Agency / jurisdiction | Text | n/a | Examples include CASSIA, MINIDOKA, STATE, and BORDER PATROL. |
| Case number / court | Text | n/a | Examples include CR16-23-02949/CASSIA COUNTY and CR34-26-2542/MINIDOKA COUNTY. |
| Bond amount | Currency | n/a | Examples include $0.0, $250.0, $1000.0, and $75000.0. |
Sample Inmate Profile Fields
A public Cassia roster entry should be read as a custody summary, not as a complete criminal case file. It can identify the booking and current hold, but it may not show the court date, release date, magistrate, housing unit, or full charge narrative. Recent bookings and iCourt fill different parts of the picture.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot or image | A public image link where available. |
| Booking number | The BID tied to the custody entry. |
| MNI | The master name index number. |
| Demographics | Sex, race, and age, but not date of birth in sampled public lines. |
| Booking date/time | The date and time of intake. |
| Agency | The arresting, holding, or jurisdictional agency associated with the entry. |
| Cases | Case numbers and county or court labels, sometimes without full charge text. |
| Bond | Bond amount per case or line, subject to the $0.0 nuance described by the Public Defender page. |
| Not shown | Housing unit, projected release, court date, magistrate, and medical or protective-custody flags were not shown in sampled lines. |
Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center Contact
Use the jail phone for live custody confirmation, roster questions, release status, and facility process questions. Court dates and formal charges should be checked with iCourt or the Cassia County Judicial Center at 208-878-7351.
Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center
1415 Albion Avenue
Burley, ID 83318
208-878-1000
Current custody confirmation by phone or in person
Cassia County Sheriff's Office
129 East 14th Street
Burley, ID 83318
Dispatch: 208-878-2251
Records: 208-878-1107
Recent Bookings vs. Current Roster
Recent bookings and the current roster are related, but they are not duplicates. A recent booking can show booking date/time, name, sex, race, age, image link, charge code or statute, charge description, and charge level such as felony or misdemeanor. Examples in the research include DUI, failure to appear for misdemeanor citation, probation violation, aggravated assault, petit theft, resisting or obstructing, border patrol hold, and extradition hold.
The current roster is better for confirming whether a person remains housed at Mini-Cassia. It may show case numbers and bond lines rather than the full charge description. If a person appears in recent bookings but not on the current roster, they may have been released, transferred, listed under a different status, or affected by a data update. Call 208-878-1000 for confirmation before relying on the public display.
Bond Amounts and $0.0 Lines
The Mini-Cassia Public Defender page points readers to the jail roster and explains a local bond issue that is often misunderstood. A "$0.0" bond line may mean a probation violation with no option of release on bond, a person serving a sentence, or a count showing $0.0 because another count in the same case has the actual bond amount. It should not automatically be read as free release or as no money owed.
Bond questions should be confirmed through the jail, the court, or an attorney. The Public Defender Office is a state-run facility serving both Minidoka and Cassia Counties by court appointment only. It is located at 1521 Overland Avenue, P.O. Box 188, Burley, ID 83318, phone 208-647-7500, with hours listed as 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday.
Visitation Hours and Rules
The friends and family page says visits are scheduled through InmateSales.com and visitors must create an account to schedule.
The official page does not publish a detailed day-by-day visitation schedule in the research file, so scheduling must be checked through InmateSales or the jail. The rules below are the published local restrictions.
| Item | Official Rule or Source |
|---|---|
| Scheduling provider | InmateSales.com account required. |
| Commissary provider | JailATM.com for inmate commissary deposits. |
| Phones and cameras | Cell phones and cameras are not allowed. |
| Food and drink | Food and drink in the lobby are not allowed. |
| Electronic devices | Electronic devices are not allowed, including music players, mp3 devices, video games, electric cars, and toys. |
| Visitor count | No more than two adults may visit a single inmate at one time. |
| Approval | Visitors who are not approved or authorized will be denied visitation. |
| Behavior | Quiet, orderly, dignified conduct is required, and children must be supervised. |
| Probationers or parolees | Written authorization from supervising probation or parole authority is required. |
| No-contact orders | Visitors must not be a party listed on a CPOR for the inmate they intend to visit. |
Mail, Phone, and Inmate Contact
Official mail rules require inmate correspondence to be sent through a postal service; correspondence is not accepted at the lobby window. Mail must show the full name and address of the sender and intended receiver. The address format is the offender's full name, C/O Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center, 1415 Albion Avenue, Burley, ID 83318.
Individual letters or packages are limited to no more than two greeting cards, no more than 10 papers or photos or any combination, and no more than two bound printed materials such as books, magazines, or periodicals. Books, newspapers, magazines, and periodicals must come from a publisher or directly from a bookstore through USPS. Legal mail is excluded from those quantity restrictions.
Mail may be opened and inspected for contraband. Do not send cash, checks, or money orders in the mail because they will be removed and returned to sender. Sexually explicit material, explicit accounts of sex acts, certain nudity, stained material, taped or glued material, used stamps, envelope flaps, and third-class mail are not allowed.
Commissary and Inmate Funds
Cassia's friends and family page says money for an inmate's commissary account is placed through JailATM.com. It does not publish a local fee table, deposit limit, phone-call price, video-visit price, or tablet-pricing schedule in the official research. Use the vendor account screens for current transaction-specific pricing and call 208-878-1000 for facility confirmation when needed.
IDOC vs. County Jail Records
The Cassia jail roster covers current local jail custody. The Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search is the correct statewide channel for people under IDOC jurisdiction, including incarcerated residents, probationers, and parolees. A person may disappear from the county jail roster after transfer to state custody, but that does not mean the case ended.
The IDOC Resident/Client Search is the statewide lookup for IDOC custody and supervision.
Use IDOC after sentencing, transfer, probation, or parole questions. Use Mini-Cassia for current county jail custody.
The IDOC prisons page explains Idaho's state prison system and status context.
County jail, state prison, probation, parole, and federal custody are separate record systems. Search the source that matches the person's current legal status.
Sheriff Connect App
Cassia County has an official Sheriff App page and a county news item announcing Cassia County Sheriff in the Idaho Sheriff Connect app. The Google Play and Apple listings describe sheriff-office information, jail information, crime-prevention content, real-time updates, notifications, and public-safety resources. Apple reviews mention jail roster photos, but reviews are not official feature guarantees.
The app is a secondary mobile channel because the county website already exposes the jail roster, recent bookings, and warrants. No app-only Cassia inmate feature was verified in the research. For live custody status, call the Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center at 208-878-1000.