Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 20-622 (2026)
Inspection of jail by commissioners.
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Inspection of jail by commissioners.
The county commissioners must inspect the county jail, and once every three (3) months inquire into the state thereof as respects the security thereof, treatment and condition of the prisoners, and take all necessary precaution against escape, sickness or infection.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1986–2020 · leading case: Allied Bail Bonds, Inc. v. Cnty. of Kootenai, 258 P.3d 340 (Idaho 2011).
Allied Bail Bonds, Inc. v. Cnty. of Kootenai, 258 P.3d 340 (Idaho 2011). “Although Allied points to I.C. §§ 20-622 and 31-1503 as statutes authorizing the Board to manage the process by which the Sheriff collects bail from prisoners, the first merely requires county commissioners to “take all necessary precaution against escape, sickness, or…”
Russell v. Fortney, 722 P.2d 488 (Idaho 1986). “The State has not denied Russell’s allegation that the jail has an established maximum containment period of four months (See Idaho Sheriff’s Association and Idaho Association of Counties, Minimum Jail Standards, quoted in footnote 3, supra, (created to comply with I.C. §…”
Knirnschild v. Ada Cnty. Jail (D. Idaho 2020). “Plaintiff also asserts that he desires to amend his pleadings to sue the Ada County Board of Commissioners-District I, because Idaho Code § 20-622 requires jail commissioners to inspect the jail living conditions every three months.”
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