Jail

Conversations are still being held from time to time among county officials regarding solutions to overcrowded and outdated jail facilities.  This week representatives from Gooding and Twin Falls Counties discussed the possibility of building a jail in Wendell to house prisoners for both counties.

Top Story Podcast 4/14/11: First Hour - Your reaction to Obama's speech on the deficit, Jiffy Lube Food Drive, Sgt. Dan Thom with the "bad guys" list. Second Hour - Bible-only jail. Here's a jail that furnishes a copy of the Bible to all prisoners ...

A Rupert man who was convicted of child sex crimes three years ago will be getting a new trial for part of the original charges.  James Pepcorn Sr. is a former Cassia County teacher.

Top Story Podcast 3/31/11: First hour: Glenn Beck claims Obama is spreading evil in the Middle East, bat clinic, cops. Second hour: Democrats in Boise are pouting because they didn't get their way. The Democrat legislators in Boise are delaying adjournment of the Idaho Legislature because they are upset that the GOP won't debate the cigarette tax ...

After Jerome County voters turned down a $13-million dollar bond to build a new county jail for the third time, county commissioners are trying to find innovative ways to get an acceptable facility to jail inmates.  Tom Mikesell, now the owner of GM Technologies, based in Jerome, thinks he has a solution...

- Twin Falls County officials have released the name of an inmate who died in the county jail.

Twin Falls police are investigating the death of a Twin Falls County jail inmate. A news release from the sheriff's office says the inmate was found dead in his cell from a suspected suicide at about 3 a.m. yesterday morning. County prosecutor Grant Loebs says the death will be investigated to determine if it was a suicide or involved foul play...