Indiana inmate search

Local jails across Indiana are run by county sheriffs or the jail administrators they choose. A county can also hold people after an arrest in a privately contracted detention facility. Indiana makes the rules and checks these facilities under the county jail standards, part of Title 210, Article 3 in the administrative code.

Within Indianapolis, the Marion County Sheriff's Office runs the Marion County Adult Detention Center. In-person bond payment is available at the Community Justice Campus, 675 Justice Way, between 8 a.m. and midnight. After a transfer, personal property must be collected within 30 days.

Many local jails can be checked together through the state offender search for Indiana. Or visit a county sheriff's site directly, such as the Vigo County Sheriff inmate lookup.

That statewide jail roster doesn't show Indianapolis bookings. The Marion County Inmate Lookup Tool is the site to check for that. You can search by first and last name or an identification number, and released inmates can be included:

• Booking number or permanent number
• County ID or state ID
• ICE number or FBI number

Call the jail directly if the arrest was in the last few hours; new arrivals need time to appear during the jail booking process.

State prisons are run by the Indiana Department of Correction, known as IDOC. Someone serving a state prison sentence can be found through the Indiana Department of Correction Offender Locator. An offender locator page from IDOC is also provided, linking to the state victim notification site.

State prison searches are not the same as county jail rosters. Right after an arrest and before trial, people stay in local county jails. A person appears in the IDOC search only after conviction and transfer to a state prison, so an arrest from last night won't show up.

Indiana VINE lets you see if someone is in custody and sign up for notifications about their custody status. Besides that tool, Indiana also has a state site for victim notification registration, linked on the prison locator page.

If you'd like help over the phone, toll-free support is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You can call 1-866-959-8463 at any time for help locating an offender, signing up for alerts, or reaching victim services in your area.

Under the Indiana Pretrial Services Rules, with updates effective April 14, 2026, Indiana courts use 4 release options:

• Recognizance, which means promising to return to court with no money paid in advance
• A cash bond or a property bond, paid straight to the jail or the court
• A surety bond is a bail bond that an insurance company backs through a bail agent

When you work with a bail agent, the fee you pay the agent is called a premium. Indiana Code 27-10-1-4 and 27-10-1-8 says a premium is a check, United States currency, or a credit card payment you give the agent before the bond is executed. No fixed percentage is set by state law. Bail agents get their licenses from the Indiana Department of Insurance. Every bond in Marion County carries a $5 Death Benefit Fee, and paying online through GovPayNow adds an 8.5% fee.