● Idaho County, Idaho

Marked November 8, 2026 — investigative alert, not a finding or court conclusion.

Why this county is marked

Sources: four documents from a mother, all shared publicly on November 7, 2026 — (1) a November 5, 2026 email demanding immediate protective custody by external agencies, sent to Idaho and federal authorities and news outlets; (2) a November 5, 2026 fax demanding an emergency welfare check and reporting facility conditions at Kootenai County Jail, sent to medical facility administration, hospitals, and physicians’ clinics; (3) a November 5, 2026 fax to Sheriff Bob Norris and Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office command staff, giving formal emergency notice of liability; (4) the Kootenai County incarceration record for the November 3, 2026 hold. The medical-neglect account on this page uses those four documents, plus the live Kootenai County inmate roster (which confirms the hold). The Sheriff Norris section below is separate public record (court filings and news reports), not part of the complaint above. The two private names in them — the mother and her son — are redacted, and no email addresses or phone numbers are shown. The public official and the attorney of record are named as they appear in the documents.

Subject of the email, as written (name redacted): “URGENT: DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE PROTECTIVE CUSTODY BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES — Imminent Danger, Retaliation issued by Lieutenant Richard Knutson, and Severe Medical Neglect from IDAHO CO. for ███████████████████”

Subject of the fax, as written (name redacted): “URGENT: Emergency Welfare Check Demand and DOCUMENTED Facility Conditions Report for ███████████████████ at Kootenai County Jail”

Criteria: Alleged severe medical neglect and retaliation in county custody; alleged chronic unsanitary facility conditions and assault at the receiving jail; failure to act on requests for emergency protective custody, welfare check, and independent medical evaluation.

Her account, as stated in the two documents:

• Her son was transferred from Idaho County to Kootenai County for what she was told would be better medical care. He is currently detained at Kootenai County Jail following an involuntary transfer from the Idaho County Detention Center.
• On arrival, she states he was stripped naked, given no shoes or socks, and forced to walk on urine- and feces-contaminated floors, exposing open gout wounds on his feet and hands — a sepsis risk.
• She states he was assaulted by multiple officers who slammed him to the floor, bending his legs severely, and his face hit the concrete floor hard enough to cause bleeding. No medical attention was provided.
• She states multiple reports from families of former inmates confirm that urine and feces on the floors is a chronic, known condition at this facility.
• She states he has had acute renal failure twice in Idaho County custody, and is being denied necessary medical care for renal failure and necrotic foot abscesses while placed on suicide watch.
• She states Lieutenant Richard Knutson threatened her and her son at Idaho County before the transfer, to conceal his HIPAA information and suppress documentation of severe medical neglect — and that the transfer was retaliation to silence them.
• She states he was physically assaulted by law enforcement during transport.
• She states the facility administration and his attorney, Anne Taylor, failed to address requests for emergency protective custody and independent medical evaluations.
• In the fax to Sheriff Norris, she states he was misinformed about the medical transfer; that he was placed in isolation, stripped of clothing, and put on a feces/urine-contaminated floor; that he was slammed to the floor with his joints forcefully bent in ways they have not been able to move for years due to his established physical disability; and that he bled from the face and mouth. She states intake staff said “This is jail, not your mothers tit” and called him a “LOSER.” She states he is 100% disabled and in custody.
• In that fax she states formal reports have already gone to the Idaho Attorney General, the Governor’s office, state representatives, and others, with 1,000+ communications to the White House, and that the public notice has generated 5,000+ active responses. She puts Sheriff Bob Norris, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, and the administrative and medical staff on formal notice of direct, personal responsibility for his life, safety, physical integrity, and medical well-being.

The incarceration record (November 3, 2026) confirms the transfer: incarceration date 11/3/2026 11:39:12 AM; arrest type “Hold for Other Agency”; arresting agency Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office; arresting officer B. Whipple; arrest location Idaho County Jail; arrest date 11/3/2026 10:45:00 AM; related case 2611HLD. The live Kootenai County inmate roster confirms the same hold and shows a $500,000 bond.

What she demands: immediate intervention, emergency medical evaluation and treatment, a welfare check, protective custody by external agencies, preservation of all facility records, and an independent outside investigation.

Note on the pin: Kootenai County Jail is named in the fax as the facility where the chronic conditions and the assault are alleged to have occurred. The pin is Idaho County, where the pattern of alleged medical neglect and the alleged retaliation occurred.

Sheriff Norris — separate public record

Sheriff Robert B. Norris of Kootenai County, named in the fax above, has a separate public record of lawsuits and complaints. This is not part of the medical-neglect complaint above; it is public record about the sheriff named in it.

• February 22, 2025: at a legislative town hall in Coeur d’Alene, Norris told attendee Teresa Borrenpohl “Get up or be arrested”; she was then restrained and removed by private security. Video of the removal is public.
• Federal civil rights lawsuit, filed May 14, 2026: Borrenpohl v. Norris, Case No. 2:26-cv-00301-DKG (U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho) — unlawful seizure, excessive force, failure to keep safe, and First Amendment viewpoint discrimination. The lawsuit is verified as filed; the allegations inside it are unadjudicated.
• Tort claims totaling $7.5 million: Borrenpohl ($5 million, April 2025) and Gregg Johnson ($2.5 million, August 2025, alleging Norris zip-tied his hands). No reported resolution.
• The Idaho Attorney General’s office declined to file criminal charges against Norris (November 2025), finding no bad faith or malice under Idaho’s peace-officer standard — a public complaint against a sheriff, met with a declination to act.

Non-compliance: the mark stands on the alleged medical neglect and the failure to act on the protective-custody and welfare-check requests — and the public record above shows the same failure of oversight: a sheriff with a filed federal civil rights suit and $7.5 million in tort claims, and an attorney general’s office that declined to act.

Sent to (offices and outlets, as listed in the email): the Idaho Attorney General’s office, the Idaho State Bar, Idaho courts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and Criminal Division, Idaho POST, the Idaho Statesman, the Idaho Capital Sun, and the Lewiston Tribune.

Source: the public post sharing the email (Expose Family Court, November 7, 2026)

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