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Mini-Cassia Release Paths

Mini-Cassia is the adult county and regional jail used in the Cassia and Minidoka joint justice arrangement. A person can leave its physical custody in several ways. Bond, own recognizance, dismissal, time served, or completion of a county sentence may lead to the community. A sentenced felony case may instead move to the Idaho Department of Correction. Courtesy holds can return to another county. Federal and immigration holds can move under the U.S. Marshals Service or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Those outcomes are not interchangeable. “Own recognizance” means a judge allowed release on a promise to appear and any set conditions. “Transfer” means another authority took custody. It is not proof of freedom. The event record should identify the booking, release date and time, type of departure, authorizing authority, and receiving custodian when that information is public.

Confirm Mini-Cassia Release Records

The county warns that online status can lag and directs the public to confirm custody in person or by phone. Use the roster to preserve the full name, BID, MNI, booking date, agency, case number, and bond line while they are visible. Recent Bookings can establish that an admission occurred, but neither public display contains a release date, time, reason, or destination.

1. Match the person by full name and stable booking or case identifiers.
2. Call Mini-Cassia at (208) 878-1000 and ask whether that exact booking ended by community release or transfer.
3. Read the iCourt docket for the order, disposition, judgment, or commitment that authorized the movement.
4. When another custodian received the person, verify status with that agency.
5. Request the booking and release sheet for written proof.

Mini-Cassia Records and Contact

Immediate status questions belong with the jail. A written record request belongs with the Cassia County law-enforcement and jail-record custodian. Ask for a specific booking and name the fields needed. A narrow request for the booking/release sheet, release date and time, disposition, releasing authority, and public transfer destination is easier to process than a broad demand for all jail material.

The Cassia Sheriff records line is (208) 878-1107, and the office address is 129 East 14th Street, Burley. The county's public-record forms page links the request form. No fixed jail-record or booking-photo fee is published. Idaho's Public Records Act framework generally gives Idaho residents the first two labor hours and 100 pages without charge, with allowable charges after that point. Ask for a written estimate.

Mini-Cassia Adult Facility Facts

The 2020 PREA audit describes a rated capacity of 170, indirect supervision, male and female adult units, no juveniles, and a work-release block. These are facility facts from that audit, not a current population count or a promise about release practice. Jail Commander Kevin Horak is identified by Cassia County, while the operation sits within the Cassia Sheriff's structure and the joint Mini-Cassia arrangement.

The mixed arrangement explains why one Burley roster can show CASSIA, MINIDOKA, STATE, and COURTESY HOLD types. The case prefix and holding agency matter more than the building address. A Minidoka case should be checked with its owning court. Likewise, an IDOC jurisdictional record can exist while a person is physically housed at Mini-Cassia.

Custodian

The authority responsible for holding the person.

Detainer

A request or legal basis for another authority to take or retain custody.

Discharge

The end of a sentence or supervision status, not merely a move between facilities.

ICE Holds After Mini-Cassia Release

Mini-Cassia has been inspected as an ICE detention site, and its booking data has carried ICE or Border Patrol hold types. A person described as released from the county jail may have gone straight into immigration custody. The ICE Online Detainee Locator accepts an A-number or biographical search, but its released-person coverage is limited. No result cannot prove that no immigration movement occurred.

Ask the jail which agency received the person. Then use ODLS and the responsible ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations office. The signed court or agency record remains more reliable than roster disappearance. If the person was on a federal criminal hold instead, follow the federal case and U.S. Marshals district rather than assuming ICE was involved.

Why Mini-Cassia Mixes Agencies

The joint powers record and audit show why “Mini-Cassia” is more than a name. Cassia and Minidoka share justice functions, while the adult facility can also hold state, federal, and immigration populations. The roster thus describes physical custody, not one uniform legal jurisdiction. That distinction is central to a correct Cassia County release record.

For a full release check, follow the agency and case fields. Use Cassia or Minidoka court records for local authority, IDOC for a state transfer, the federal docket and USMS for a pretrial federal move, BOP after federal sentencing, and ICE for immigration custody. The broader Cassia County released inmate search explains how those channels fit together.

Only a release-event record can close the gap between “not shown” and a known destination. Save identifiers early, confirm the event directly, and seek a receiving-custodian record whenever the answer was transfer.

The court docket adds the legal reason for movement. A bond order, dismissal, judgment, sentence, or commitment entry can explain why the jail acted, though the docket may not show the exact time the person crossed the facility door. Pair it with the jail event sheet. When the docket identifies another hold, ask which hold controlled the departure and take that identifier to the responsible agency.

VINE serves a different role. It can send a status-change notice when a participating custodian updates data, but it is not the certified release sheet. County and IDOC registrations can be separate. Recheck enrollment after a state transfer. For a past event, compare the notice with the jail record and order instead of using alert time as physical release time.

Cassia publishes no official release-processing schedule, public exit point, property-pickup hours, weekend practice, or gate-money rule. Ask Mini-Cassia where and when an identified person may retrieve property, whether the event is complete, and whether the person will leave the building or depart with another agency. Direct answers keep release plans tied to this facility.