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Adams County Jail
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Adams County Jail is a county jail located in Adams County, Idaho. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The former Adams County Jail, also known as the House of History: Adams County Historical Society, is located in Corning, Iowa, United States. The limestone structure was built in 1877, and it mimicked the adjacent frame courthouse (no longer extant). The two-story rectangular building is a Vernacular style structure with Greek Revival influence. It is capped with a hipped roof and a flat crest. It served the county for the next 78 years as its jailhouse.
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Capacity
120
Current population
133
Occupancy
111%
Year opened
1877
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1877
Region
Idaho
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
5/100
Low concern5/100
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 111% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Southwest Virginia Regional Jail - TazewellTazewellMaximumCounty jail330% occupancy
- Stevens County Jail / CourthouseColvilleCounty jail259% occupancy
- Noble County JailCaldwellCounty jail542% occupancy
- Gallia County JailGallipolisCounty jail336% occupancy
- Stark County JailToulonCounty jail3446% occupancy
- Franklin County Detention FacilitySt. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 111% · peers avg: 93% (+19%)
Capacity (beds)this: 120 · peers avg: 547 (78%)
Data completeness
66%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q23302566)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Adams County Jail. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/adams-county-jail
Chicago
"Adams County Jail." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/adams-county-jail.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-adams-county-jail,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Adams County Jail},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/adams-county-jail},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}