All telephone calls made by inmates may be monitored by jail staff except those calls made to an attorney. The Ada County Sheriff's Office has entered into a contractual agreement with the inmate telephone service provider, Infinity Networks, Inc., to provide this service to inmates of the jail. Ada County receives revenue from this operation, which is deposited into the county general fund and is used to partially offset operational expense of the jail. Generally, all Ada County taxpayers benefit from the revenue created through the inmate telephone system. In order to maintain security and order of the facility, law allows for staff to scan incoming and outgoing inmate mail.
Legal mail is scanned in the inmate's presence prior to delivery.
Legal mail is that mail going to or coming from a judge, clerk or other officer of the court, a lawyer who is a member of the State Bar Association, an elected official. Sexually orientated photographs or material is not allowed, and will be destroyed. Writings must be completely understandable by the jail staff and must not contain plans to violate state, local or federal laws, jail rules, coded messages, any form of intimidation or harassment to anyone, plans to move contraband in or out of the jail. The jail staff will return or take as evidence any mail that is unacceptable or illegal. The jail staff will not forward checks or money orders to inmates for endorsement.