Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Gooding County, Idaho, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Gooding County is held at the county jail, run by the Gooding County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Gooding County public records, Gooding County arrest records, Gooding County warrants, Gooding County criminal records, Gooding County court records, Idaho arrest records and Idaho inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Gooding County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Gooding County is held at the county jail, run by the Gooding County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Gooding County Sheriff's Office at goodingcounty.org/157/Sheriff (page title: SHERIFF | Gooding County, ID), phone 844-724-2076, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 844-724-2076.
The Gooding County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 26 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Gooding County has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Gooding County Jail
The Gooding County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Gooding, Wendell and Hagerman make the arrests that end in a booking in Gooding County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Gooding's 84 for 2025, the Gooding County Sheriff's Office's 78 for 2025 and Wendell's 71 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Gooding County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 233 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Gooding County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Gooding County serves the sentence in a facility of the Idaho Department of Correction, whose inmate locator is at idoc.idaho.gov/content/prisons/resident-client-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Gooding County?
Ask the Gooding County Sheriff's Office at 844-724-2076; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at goodingcounty.org/157/Sheriff.
How many people are in the Gooding County jail?
About 26 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
What is the phone number for the Gooding County jail?
844-724-2076, the number on the page of the Gooding County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Gooding County go?
To a facility of the Idaho Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at idoc.idaho.gov.
Is this the official Gooding County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.