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Indiana county jails and state prisons

Indiana has 92 counties, and the sheriff runs the jail in each one. Marion, Lake, Allen, and St. Joseph run the large buildings. A smaller county has one jail and, if it is full, sends people to a neighbor. City police departments have holding rooms, not county jails.

Standards come from the Indiana Department of Correction, not from a governor-appointed board of people who have been locked up. The Jail Services Division inspects every county jail at least once a year under Indiana Code 11-12-4. The rules are in 210 Indiana Administrative Code. New construction has to meet the standards before the county builds. A failed inspection is a state matter, not a voluntary sheriffs’ checklist.

Jails in Indiana hold people before trial and people serving a misdemeanor or a Level 6 felony that the court leaves in the county. A longer felony sentence goes to the Department of Correction. A federal sentence goes to the Bureau of Prisons. FCI Terre Haute is the federal prison in the state.

How many county jails are there in Indiana?

Ninety-two counties, ninety-two sheriff’s jails. The building count is higher only where a large county runs a second unit. When a jail holds someone for another county, for the state, or for the U.S. Marshals, it bills a contract rate. That rate is not a statewide fee. Drug cases and mental-health holds fill beds, but a claim that the jail population is up 60 percent since 2010 is not the figure to publish without the department’s own count.

State prison is a separate map. The Department of Correction’s 2025 annual report counted 26,288 adults in 18 facilities on December 31, 2025. The average daily cost was $85.44. The men’s prisons include Indiana State Prison, Miami, Pendleton, Wabash Valley, Westville, Plainfield, Putnamville, Branchville, and New Castle. Women are held at the Indiana Women’s Prison, Madison, and Rockville. Intake for men is the Reception Diagnostic Center.

How many juvenile detention centers are there in Indiana?

County detention and state commitment are different systems. The Department of Correction lists 17 county youth detention centers. They hold a youth during a court case or while a placement is pending. Counties without a center contract with one that has beds. Rules on age and which out-of-county youth a center will take vary by facility. This is not the Illinois youth system, and Indiana does not run centers in Chicago, Harrisburg, or St. Charles.

A commitment goes to the Division of Youth Services. On December 31, 2025, the department held 310 juveniles in three facilities. The average daily cost was $383.42. Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility and North Central Juvenile Correctional Facility are the boys’ centers. A youth in a county detention center is usually waiting on court. A youth in a state facility has been committed. Search the county of the arrest. The listing shows the detention center that county uses, or the contract county.

What the first days in an Indiana county jail are like

Booking is a queue: identity, prints, a medical screen, a search, property bagged, one call. The person has not been convicted. The pod still runs on counts. Food is plain, the uniform does not fit, and sleep is broken. Withdrawal from alcohol, opioids, or methamphetamine can start before the initial hearing.

Deputies who apply the rules the same way to everyone run a quieter floor. Uneven enforcement is how contraband moves. Marion and Lake can separate by risk. A small rural jail often cannot, and a full jail there means a transfer.

Most Indiana jails sell tablet time, video visits, and deposits through a vendor. Those accounts can be shut off. Each county page on this site lists the jail phone, the vendor, and the way to send money for that sheriff’s office.