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Mini-Cassia Juvenile Overview

Mini-Cassia Juvenile Detention Center is a Minidoka County Government juvenile detention facility, not an adult jail. Research from the 2023 PREA audit identifies the official facility name, Minidoka County Government as the agency, and Trent Bodily as administrator and primary contact. The facility holds male and female juveniles from the Mini-Cassia area. Its public access rules must be read differently from the adult Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center roster because juvenile resident names, charges, photos, and custody details are not published in an open public roster.

The main practical rule is simple: there is no public juvenile roster for the Mini-Cassia Juvenile Detention Center in the source material reviewed. Access is restricted to parents, legal guardians, attorneys, courts, probation, law enforcement, and other authorized agencies or people approved through official channels. Public search tools for adult jail entries, mugshots, recent bookings, or warrants should not be used to infer juvenile custody. When a juvenile matter has a public-facing court or agency process, the Minidoka court or juvenile detention staff must define what may be released.

Mini-Cassia Juvenile Population

The 2023 PREA audit supplies the strongest population and capacity details for the juvenile facility. It reports a designed facility capacity of 16 residents, both female and male residents, an age range of 11 to 17, one housing unit, and one security or custody level. The same audit material reports a current population of 5 in one facility-characteristics section, a day-one onsite population of 7 in the post-audit section, and an average daily population of 6 in the post-audit section. One early line in the audit appears to show an inconsistent ADP value, so the post-audit figure is the clearer source for the page.

The facility also reported no over-capacity during the prior 12 months. Staff and service details in the audit are useful but should not be turned into public lookup access. The audit described resident-contact staff, contractors, and infrequent volunteers, including a school-district teacher, substance-abuse counselor, religious service providers, and Narcotics Anonymous volunteers. Those details show facility operations, not a public right to resident names or files.

Mini-Cassia Juvenile Lookup Limits

No public juvenile inmate or resident roster was located for Mini-Cassia Juvenile Detention Center. That absence is not a missing adult-style search feature. It reflects the restricted nature of juvenile detention and juvenile court records. Parents, verified legal guardians, attorneys, probation staff, courts, law enforcement, and authorized agencies should contact the facility or the appropriate court channel directly. General public name searches, adult jail roster searches, and public mugshot pages are not valid ways to confirm a juvenile resident's custody.

The adult Mini-Cassia jail roster can include Minidoka County adult detainees, state holds, and ICE categories, but it should not be searched for juveniles held at the Rupert juvenile facility. If a person is unsure whether the custody event is adult or juvenile, the first distinction is age and court path. Adult arrests route to the Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center roster and adult court records. Juvenile custody routes through restricted juvenile detention and juvenile court procedures.

1. Confirm that the matter involves a juvenile, not an adult detainee at the regional jail.
2. If you are a parent, verified legal guardian, attorney, or authorized agency, contact the juvenile facility directly.
3. Ask what identity, relationship, case, or authorization proof is required before any information can be discussed.
4. Use the court or probation contact given by the facility for case details that staff cannot release.
5. Do not publish or share juvenile custody details obtained through a restricted channel.

Mini-Cassia Juvenile Contact

The juvenile detention contact block should be used for authorized custody questions, approved visitation, and official routing. Minidoka County's public-record routing page also lists a juvenile detention fax and email route, but a route for records requests is not the same as public release. Juvenile records may be restricted or denied when disclosure is not authorized by law, court rule, or facility policy.

Mini-Cassia Juvenile Visitation

The official Mini-Cassia Juvenile Detention Center visiting-hours page gives a specific schedule and a clear authorization rule. Authorized visitors are parents, grandparents, or other verified legal guardians. Anyone else must receive prior authorization from the Detention Center Director. All persons are subject to search before visits for contraband or unauthorized items, and visitors must follow posted lobby rules.

The official juvenile visiting-hours screenshot below comes from the same Minidoka juvenile visiting page and should be read as a facility-specific rule source, not an adult jail schedule.

The visit schedule is public, but resident lookup is not. A visitor still needs authorization tied to the juvenile and facility approval.

Mini-Cassia Juvenile Mail

The research source inventory identifies a legacy official page for juvenile mail and phone calls, but the accessible research notes did not capture a full mail format, resident phone rule, phone pricing, money-deposit process, or commissary vendor for juvenile residents. Because juvenile communication rules can be tied to court orders, parent or guardian status, discipline, treatment, or facility policy, those details should be confirmed with the facility before sending mail, expecting calls, or attempting to deposit funds.

Do not borrow adult jail vendors or adult jail money rules for the juvenile facility. The adult Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center and the juvenile detention center have separate populations, separate purposes, and separate confidentiality rules. A general public-record request route also does not create permission to exchange mail or funds with a juvenile resident.

Mini-Cassia Juvenile Admission

The juvenile PREA audit described intake paperwork, resident files, daily logs, staff interviews, and resident interviews as part of the audit review. It also identified a one-level custody structure and one housing unit. Those details support a narrow operational description, but they do not publish a public intake manual. Juvenile admission, release, and court handling depend on juvenile court authority, facility policy, and authorized family or agency communication.

Services noted in the audit include contractor and volunteer roles. The audit references a substance-abuse counselor, a teacher from Minidoka County School District, infrequent religious service providers, and Narcotics Anonymous volunteers. PREA findings were strong: the audit reported 1 standard exceeded, 42 standards met, and 0 standards not met. It also named a designated victim advocate in outreach material and referenced a national child abuse hotline. These details show compliance and services, while resident names remain restricted.

Juvenile Detention

Secure custody for minors under juvenile court or agency authority.

Verified Legal Guardian

A person whose legal authority must be confirmed before visitation or information release.

PREA

The Prison Rape Elimination Act audit framework used to review detention safety standards.

Authorized Agency

A court, probation, law enforcement, or child-serving agency allowed to communicate about a case.

Juvenile and Adult Custody

Minidoka County has two different Mini-Cassia custody paths. The adult path uses the Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center in Burley and the official Cassia-hosted jail roster. That adult roster may show booking photos, BID, MNI, sex, race, age, booking date, days in jail, inmate type, cases, agencies, and bond entries. It can include Minidoka County adults even when the page sits on Cassia County's website.

The juvenile path is different. Mini-Cassia Juvenile Detention Center is in Rupert, and its resident information is not published like adult jail data. Court records, probation involvement, and custody status for juveniles can be confidential. A parent, guardian, attorney, or agency contact should be prepared to prove identity and relationship before the facility discusses anything. For adult custody detail, use the Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center page and the adult roster.

Mini-Cassia Juvenile Records

Minidoka County's public-record routing material lists a juvenile detention fax and email contact, but juvenile records have a different access posture from adult arrest files. A request can be routed to the correct department and still be denied, limited, or redirected when the requester lacks authority. Parents or guardians should ask the facility what proof is required. Attorneys should use the court or case channel that applies to the juvenile matter.

For adult Minidoka arrest files, the sheriff's records page says arrest files can contain pictures, fingerprints, dispositions, and booking sheets. That adult records fact does not mean juvenile records are available in the same way. The facility and court decide what can be shared under juvenile confidentiality rules. When the purpose is safety, visitation, or family contact, call the facility first rather than trying to use a public search engine.

About Mini-Cassia Juvenile

The facility sits in the Minidoka County government area in Rupert, close to other county offices. Its role in the site structure is important because it is a detention facility serving the same regional identity as the adult Mini-Cassia jail, but its records and visitor access are much more restricted. The 2023 audit provides capacity, age range, staff, contractor, service, and PREA compliance details without creating a public resident index.

The strongest public facts are the facility name, address, phone, capacity, age range, visiting schedule, authorization limits, and PREA audit findings. The research did not locate a public resident list, public booking-photo source, public charge list, money vendor, or public release schedule for juveniles. Those gaps are expected for juvenile custody and should be handled as restrictions, not as missing fields to fill from the adult jail.