1. Download the sheriff's Current Inmate List. It is a PDF of everyone now held, by name, with booking numbers and offenses.
2. Not on it, or want alerts? Search VINELink. Versailles visits must be set up by the inmate, so a VINE sign-up on iPhone or Android helps families keep track.
3. Ask the Ripley County Jail directly at 812-689-3437 or 812-689-5555 (call either).

Under IC 5-14-3, the Ripley County Sheriff decides on mugshots. Ask the jail at 812-689-3437 or 812-689-5555 (call either). Denied here? Complain to the Public Access Counselor. No law makes sites remove a mugshot. IC 35-38-9 expungement can seal arrest records.

In this county, Criminal Rule 2.6 makes release without money the norm. A judge can order cash, 10 percent or a surety bond. Details: our bail guide.

Nearby jails to call:

• Dearborn County Jail (Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg): 812-537-8719 or 812-537-3431 (call either)
• Decatur County Detention Center (Decatur County, Greensburg): 812-663-8125
• Franklin County Jail (Franklin County, Brookville): 765-647-4138
• Jefferson County Jail (Jefferson County, Madison): 812-265-2649 or 812-265-2648 (call either)
• Jennings County Jail (Jennings County, Vernon): 812-346-5111 or 812-346-8642 (call either)
• Switzerland County Jail (Switzerland County, Vevay): 812-427-3636 or 812-427-2057 (call either)

1. ICE uses Form I-247A to ask this county to hold a person.
2. Under Senate Enrolled Act 76 (July 1, 2026), the jail must comply with detainers. The judge and the person get notice.
3. Since 2025, the jail at 210 N. Monroe Street, Versailles, IN 47042 must alert the sheriff in some cases.
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.

Minors are not listed. Call 812-689-3437 or 812-689-5555 (call either) about a child.

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

• Visits are by appointment only, and the inmate must set them up. Family cannot book it.
• Hours: Sunday 11 a.m. to 9:55 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday 3 to 9:55 p.m.
• Each visit lasts 30 minutes: one visitor for the full time or two for 15 minutes each.
• Bring a photo ID. Visitors on probation or parole, or facing open charges, are refused.
• Clergy visit Thursday and Friday, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., after approval with a letter from their church.

Guides: our visiting guide and mail guide.

Short sentences are often served at 210 N. Monroe Street, Versailles, IN 47042. For a prisoner, try the IDOC offender search. See our Indiana prison guide.

U.S. Marshals may house federal defendants in county jails. Federal court for Ripley County: Southern District of Indiana, New Albany Division, 121 W. Spring Street, New Albany, IN 47150 (812-542-4510). Use VINELink while the case is open; then the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

About 29,434 people live in Ripley County (Census Vintage 2025 estimate). Versailles is the county seat.

Who to call first:

• Arrests in Batesville, Versailles, Milan, Osgood, Sunman, Holton: ask the jail at 812-689-3437 or 812-689-5555 (call either) which agency made it.
• The sheriff's office: 812-689-3437 or 812-689-5555 (call either)