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Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center Overview

Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center is located at 1415 Albion Avenue in Burley and is operated through the Cassia County Sheriff's Office / Mini-Cassia Justice Center. The Cassia County law-enforcement page identifies Jarrod Thompson as sheriff, and the county jail page lists Kevin Horak as Jail Commander and gives the main jail phone as (208) 878-1000. The county page describes the jail as the facility mandated by state law to take charge of adults charged with or convicted of public offenses and take them before the nearest magistrate.

The facility is a county jail, but the public roster shows a wider regional and intergovernmental role. Inmate type values observed in the research included CASSIA, MINIDOKA, STATE, ICE, COURTESY HOLD, and US MARSHALL. That means a person listed at Mini-Cassia may be a Cassia County arrestee, a Minidoka County detainee, a state-related hold, a courtesy hold for another agency, an immigration-related detainee, or someone held for federal court or transport.

The official Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center page publishes the facility address, commander, phone, jail mission, PREA links, and jail-report links. The screenshot below is included because it is the county's own facility page for the detention center.

Use that county page for facility-level contact and policy references, then use the roster, recent bookings, warrants, or outside locator systems depending on the custody type.

Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center Capacity and Population

Cassia County's public jail page does not publish a current average daily population or a live official count. The sourced capacity figure in the research comes from an ICE PREA audit search result for Mini-Cassia Detention Center, which identifies a design capacity of 170. The same audit source noted an average daily ICE population of 1 for the prior 12 months in 2023, but that is an ICE-specific average, not a total jail population figure.

The roster changes frequently and should not be converted into an official population statistic unless the county or a formal report publishes that number. Cassia County also warns that the jail database updates often, recent changes may not appear, and inmate status can only be confirmed in person or by phone.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center

For a person physically held at Mini-Cassia, start with the Cassia County jail roster. The roster is a public DataTables report with a global filter box rather than a profile-based search form. A row can show booking photo, name, BID, MNI, sex, race, age, booked date and time, days in jail, inmate type, warrant or agency, and bond. It is the correct starting point for local custody, but it does not replace court records or state and federal locator systems.

1. Open the Cassia County jail roster and use the "Filter records:" box.
2. Search by last name first, then add first name, BID, MNI, agency, or case-number text if needed.
3. Read the row carefully and confirm that the person is held at Mini-Cassia rather than only appearing in an older booking or warrant report.
4. Call (208) 878-1000 before relying on custody, release, bond, visitation, or transport information.

Recent bookings at cassia.gov/jail-bookings can help when a person was just booked and may not remain on the current roster. Outstanding warrants at cassia.gov/jail-warrants can explain a possible arrest source, but a warrant entry alone does not prove current custody.

Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center Address and Contact

Use the jail phone for immediate custody confirmation, visitor questions, and current release eligibility. Use the sheriff's records unit or public-records request form for older booking material or records not available online. Court-case questions after an arrest belong with the Cassia Judicial Center or Idaho iCourt, not the jail records line.

Visiting Someone at Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center

Cassia County's family page routes visitation scheduling through InmateSales and says an account is required. The official research did not locate a public day-by-day visitation schedule, so the safest use of the table is to avoid invented hours and point visitors to the scheduling system and jail phone. Visitor approval matters: unapproved or unauthorized visitors are denied, and probationers or parolees need written authorization from their supervising authority.

The Cassia County friends and family page lists the visitor restrictions and the InmateSales and JailATM links. The screenshot below is relevant because it is the county source for visitor scheduling and family-service rules.

Before traveling, confirm approval, schedule, and lobby rules because the county does not publish a full visitation calendar in the accessible material reviewed.

Visitor Entry Rules and Travel Notes

Cassia County lists specific lobby restrictions. Visitors may not bring cell phones, cameras, food, drink, or electronic devices into the lobby. The examples include music players, MP3 players, video games, electric cars, and toys. No more than two adults may visit one inmate at one time, children must be supervised, conduct must remain quiet and orderly, and rule violations can cause immediate removal or denial of future visits.

The jail is in Burley near the county government and court cluster. The sheriff's office is at 129 East 14th Street, the Cassia County Courthouse is at 1459 Overland Avenue, and the Cassia County Judicial Center is at 1559 Overland Avenue. Official pages did not publish parking rules, public-transit instructions, or ADA entrance details. Call (208) 878-1000 before arrival if accessible entry, mobility assistance, or visitor accommodations are needed.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center

The official family page names JailATM for commissary deposits and links InmateSales for visit scheduling. Mail rules were linked as "Sending Mail to Inmates," but the accessible excerpt did not expose the full address format, banned-item list, scan policy, or inmate ID requirements. Use the facility address and call before sending mail if the inmate's BID, MNI, or housing information is needed.

Booking and Intake at Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center

Cassia County does not publish a detailed intake checklist, but the roster fields show the public result of booking. A record may include BID, MNI, demographics, booking date and time, days in jail, inmate type, agency, warrant, and bond. Idaho law referenced in the research supports the county jail role of keeping adults charged with or convicted of public offenses and bringing them before a magistrate.

The practical intake path is arrest or transfer, transport to Mini-Cassia, identification, property processing, search, fingerprinting, booking photo, screening, classification, and possible posting to recent bookings or the current roster. For court records after that booking, use court records after jail arrest, because prosecutor-filed charges can differ from booking entries.

County, State, Federal, and ICE Lookup Distinctions

The Cassia roster is for people physically held at Mini-Cassia. It is not the Idaho Department of Correction prison locator, the BOP inmate locator, or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. If a Cassia defendant is sentenced and transferred to state custody, use the IDOC Resident/Client Search. IDOC covers people under Idaho prison, probation, or parole jurisdiction and does not operate a state prison in Cassia County.

For federal sentenced custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator. No BOP facility was identified in Cassia County. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS by A-number and country or exact biographical information, and use ICE's detention information page for facility rules and DRIL contact details. ICE detainers are requests to notify ICE and hold a person up to 48 hours beyond ordinary release; they are not the same as criminal charges.

Records Requests and Custody Confirmation

For current custody, Cassia County says the jail status can only be confirmed in person or by phone at (208) 878-1000. For records that are no longer online, use the Cassia County public-records request form and describe the record precisely. Include the person's name, booking date, BID or MNI if known, and case or agency number when available. The form cites Idaho Code 74-102 and includes a custodian response path with possible approval, additional time, or denial based on exemptions.

The sheriff's records unit at (208) 878-1107 is the practical fallback for booking records, reports, or record-routing questions. Court charges and hearings should be checked in Idaho iCourt or with the Cassia Judicial Center, while victim custody notifications may be handled through VINELink when available through the Idaho Victim Information and Notification Everyday link on the sheriff page.

Programs, PREA, and Conditions at Mini-Cassia

The facility page states that Mini-Cassia follows American Correctional Association principles and Idaho Jail Standards. It describes a least-restrictive custody philosophy consistent with classification and court instructions, and it names education, adult continuing education, substance-abuse programs, and rehabilitative community-based programs as part of the jail's purpose.

Mini-Cassia posts PREA information and annual reports. The county describes zero tolerance for sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sexual harassment. Reporting channels include jail staff, Cassia dispatch, Minidoka dispatch, jail supervisors, and federal DHS or ICE channels when an ICE detainee matter applies. The 2025 PREA annual report states there were zero PREA allegations in 2025 and no corrective action was needed. ICE also hosts 2023 and 2024 inspection or review material for Mini-Cassia's federal immigration detention role.