1. Go to the Martin County INjail Public Access inmate search and enter the person's name.
2. Click a name for charges and bail.
3. Try VINELink too. It also comes as the VINELink app for iPhone and the VINELink app for Android.
4. Ask the jail directly at 812-247-3726.

The state INjail Public Access site includes the county.

Under IC 5-14-3, the Martin County Sheriff decides on mugshots. Call 812-247-3726 to ask. Private sites don't have to drop photos. An IC 35-38-9 expungement can seal the record.

Many Level 6 sentences are served in the Martin County Jail. The IDOC offender search shows where a prisoner is.

Under-18s are not held at 318 Capital Ave., Shoals, IN 47581. Youth files are sealed. Parents: call 812-247-3726.

1. ICE may send the jail a Form I-247A detainer.
2. Under Senate Enrolled Act 76 (July 1, 2026), the jail must comply with detainers.
3. A 2025 law has the jail at 318 Capital Ave., Shoals, IN 47581 send some alerts. Each needs probable cause.
4. ICE's 287(g) page listed no agreement here as of October 21, 2026.
5. After ICE custody, search the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.

Next, call these jails:

• Daviess County Jail (Daviess County, Washington): 812-254-1060
• Dubois County Jail (Dubois County, Jasper): 812-482-3522
• Greene County Jail (Greene County, Bloomfield): 812-384-4411
• Lawrence County Jail (Lawrence County, Bedford): 812-277-2014 or 812-275-3316 (call either)
• Orange County Jail (Orange County, Paoli): 812-723-2417

• Calls: see the phone page.
• Deposits: our money guide.
• Snacks and supplies: the commissary page.
• Visits, including video: visitation rules.
• Mail: inmate mail rules.
• Messages and texts: inmate email.

Under Criminal Rule 2.6, release in Martin County usually comes without money bail. Money bail in the county means cash, 10 percent or a bond. Read our bail steps for the jail.

U.S. Marshals may house federal defendants in county jails. Federal court for the county: Southern District of Indiana, Evansville Division, 101 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Evansville, IN 47708 (812-434-6410). Use VINELink while the case is open; then the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

About 9,856 people live in the county (Census Vintage 2025 estimate). Shoals is the county seat.

Numbers to call:

• Arrests in Loogootee, Shoals, Crane: ask the jail at 812-247-3726 which agency made it.
• The sheriff's office: 812-247-3726