CANYON COUNTY, Idaho — Canyon County officials say they are dealing with a growing strain inside the county jail, citing ...

The inside of the Canyon County jail, photographed in May 2016. Kyle Green Idaho Statesman file For the past year, two of the three Canyon County commissioners have pushed to move forward on expanding ...

Funding is the biggest hurdle to getting a new jail built,” Joe Decker, public information officer for Canyon County ...

Canyon County Sheriff's Office shows how jail becoming more difficult to operate amid rising inmate population, including ...

Canyon County commissioners recently voted to allocate $7.5 million from the county's reserve funds to build a women's jail facility, moving forward with a project that has been stalled for nearly two ...

CALDWELL — On Thursday evening, nine Canyon County leaders sat at the front of a conference room, with an audience of approximately 20 constituents. An ongoing challenge, officials are grappling with ...

Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue says the jail is overcrowded, outdated and unsafe, and he wants lawmakers to approve a ...

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Canyon County is shutting down a tent facility used by the county jail after a number of escapes and the potential for additional ones. The ...

BOISE, Idaho — Inmates in southwestern Idaho are now corresponding with family members and friends electronically via the jail's new tablets. The Canyon County Jail has about three dozen tablets for ...

Due to overcrowding, Sheriff Donahue said a nearby jail annex, built decades prior, is being used to hold inmates.