Pend Oreille County Jail Mugshots
Pend Oreille County jail mugshots and booking records come from the Pend Oreille County Correctional Facility in Newport. The Sheriff's Office runs a small 40-bed jail, and it does not post a live roster on the web. To look up a booking photo or check if someone is in custody, most people call the jail or contact the Stevens County Jail, where Pend Oreille sends inmates when its beds fill up. This page walks you through how to search Pend Oreille County jail mugshots, which agencies hold the records, and what you can get on the phone or in person.
Pend Oreille County Overview
Pend Oreille County Sheriff Jail
The Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office runs the county jail out of 331 S. Garden Ave in Newport. Sheriff Alan Botzheim leads the office, and Undersheriff Grant Sirevog assists. You can reach the Sheriff by phone at 509-447-3151. The Pend Oreille County Correctional Facility is a division of the Sheriff's Office. It has 40 beds. Corrections staff include a Captain, a Sergeant, and line Correction Officers. The facility houses both men and women, whether sentenced or awaiting trial. Medical staff from Newport Community Hospital run an in-house clinic. Pend Oreille Counseling Services and the Sheriff's Chaplain Corp come in on a regular basis.
The Pend Oreille County Corrections page spells out the basics. There is no online inmate roster. To find out if someone is in the jail, you have to call 509-447-3151. Mail for inmates goes to Pend Oreille County Corrections, Attn: Inmate [Name], PO Box 5079, Newport, WA 99156. The jail only lets inmates make collect calls. If you do not want to accept them, you can block the call.
The office also holds contracts with other agencies. Pend Oreille County Corrections takes inmates for the Washington State DOC, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Border Patrol, Immigrations, and U.S. Customs Enforcement. That contract work fills many of the beds.
The main sheriff page gives a good overview of jail operations.
The sheriff's site is the first place to start any inmate lookup.
Note: The Pend Oreille County jail does not post mugshots or a roster online, so phone contact is usually required to confirm custody.
How Pend Oreille Jail Mugshots Work
Booking photos in Pend Oreille County are taken at intake. Every new inmate is booked in at the correctional facility in Newport. Staff log the name, charges, hold type, and take a mugshot. The record goes into the jail file. Unlike most Washington counties, Pend Oreille does not post a public jail roster or booking photos on its own website.
If the Pend Oreille jail is full or the inmate is held on a longer sentence, the county sends the person to Stevens County. The alternate sheriff page notes that Pend Oreille contracts with Stevens County to house inmates due to limited local jail capacity. Inmate information can be obtained through the Stevens County Jail or by calling the Pend Oreille Sheriff's Office.
Arrest records are public under RCW 42.56, the state Public Records Act. You can request records from the Sheriff's Office directly.
The Pend Oreille County Sheriff overview is another spot for general info.
The corrections page gives visiting hours, mail rules, and phone details for the jail.
Stevens County Jail Roster
When the Pend Oreille facility is full, inmates go to the Stevens County Jail inmate roster. Stevens County Jail is in Colville. You can check the roster online, or call 509-684-4707 Ext 3712 for inmate questions. The roster shows the name, booking date, charges, and bail amount. Stevens posts the roster each morning.
The Stevens County roster is made once a day around 4 a.m. and then posted between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. The list does not show bookings after 4 a.m. on the current date. So if someone was just booked overnight, they may not show up until the next day's roster.
This makes the Stevens County page the main tool for Pend Oreille County jail mugshots lookups, since the local facility does not publish names online.
The Stevens County roster hosts most active Pend Oreille inmates.
Pend Oreille bookings show up here when the county sends someone over.
Note: The posted Stevens County roster misses bookings made after 4 a.m., so very recent arrests may not appear for up to a day.
Visiting Pend Oreille County Jail
Visiting times at the jail in Newport are Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Visitors must sign up in the Sheriff's office lobby between 4:30 pm and 5:00 pm only. A max of 3 visitors can be in the visiting room at one time. All visitors must show photo ID. The jail is strict on these rules.
Funds can be deposited in an inmate's account by going to the corrections center in person. There is no online commissary portal listed for Pend Oreille. Phone calls in the jail run through Consolidated Telecom, with local calls around $0.21 and long distance around $0.30 per minute under rates tracked by Prison Policy.
The jail holds both pretrial and sentenced inmates. The mix of state contracts, federal holds, and local bookings keeps the 40 beds busy most of the time.
Court Records and the County Clerk
Jail bookings in Pend Oreille County go to court through the Pend Oreille County Superior Court and the Pend Oreille County District Court. Both sit at 229 S Garden Ave in Newport. County Clerk Tammy Ownbey is the official record keeper and financial officer of Superior Court. Her office is at 229 South Garden, PO Box 5020, Newport, WA 99156. Email: townbey@pendoreille.org.
For case records tied to an arrest, you can also use the Washington Courts public case search. The statewide site covers Pend Oreille County Superior and District Court. Use it to pull charge sheets, hearing dates, and case status.
Jail register information is governed by RCW 70.48.100. Most inmate records stay confidential, but name, charge, and booking info can be released through the jail register.
Statewide Booking Records
Washington State has several statewide tools that cover Pend Oreille County arrest records. The Washington State Patrol WATCH system provides conviction criminal history for all Washington counties, including Pend Oreille. Name-based online searches cost $11.00 with immediate results. Fingerprint-based checks run $58.00. Results include convictions and pending arrests less than one year old.
The Washington Department of Corrections handles anyone who moved from county custody to a state prison sentence. Their inmate search gives you the DOC number, name, age, and where the person is held.
For victim notification, the VINELink Washington service tracks custody status for free. You can sign up by phone, email, or text. Call 1-877-846-3492. VINELink covers the Stevens County Jail where most Pend Oreille inmates are housed.
Under RCW 10.97, the Criminal Records Privacy Act, certain criminal history data is considered non-conviction and restricted. WATCH follows those rules.
Note: WATCH only shows Pend Oreille convictions and active arrests under one year old, so older case history may not appear.
Requesting Records from the Sheriff
If you want a specific booking photo or arrest report from the Pend Oreille County Sheriff, you can file a public records request. The request goes to the Sheriff's Office at 331 S. Garden Ave, PO Box 5075, Newport, WA 99156. Email the sheriff at abotzheim@pendoreille.org. Reference RCW 42.56 in your request.
Booking photos are usually treated as non-public under RCW 70.48.100. The law releases jail register data like name, charge, booking date, and bail, but not the mugshot itself in most cases. If you need a photo, you may need a signed release from the inmate or a court order.
Arrests made without a warrant fall under RCW 10.31.100. The statute sets the rules officers must follow. Short, simple. Those are the types of arrests that often end up in the Pend Oreille jail.
Cities in Pend Oreille County
Pend Oreille County is small and rural. The main towns are Newport (the county seat), Cusick, Ione, and Metaline Falls. None of these meet the population threshold for a city page. All local arrests by the Newport Police Department at 331 S Garden Ave and the Sheriff's deputies go to the Pend Oreille County Correctional Facility for booking.
Nearby Counties
These counties border Pend Oreille County. Jail mugshots and booking records in nearby counties often matter, since Pend Oreille contracts with Stevens County for extra beds.