1. Open the INjail Public Access inmate search and enter the person's name.
2. Each record lists charges and bail.
3. Try VINELink too. It also comes as the VINELink app for iPhone and the VINELink app for Android.
4. Still nothing? Call the jail at 812-649-2286 or 812-649-6036 (call either).

The INjail Public Access site covers this county too.

Kids under 18 go to juvenile detention. Parents: call 812-649-2286 or 812-649-6036 (call either).

By IC 5-14-3, the Spencer County Sheriff may release a photo. Write the sheriff's office, or call 812-649-2286 or 812-649-6036 (call either). IC 35-38-9 expungement can seal arrest records.

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.

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. Since 2025, the jail at 120 N. 2nd Street, Rockport, IN 47635 must alert the sheriff in some cases.
4. The sheriff's office has a task force model agreement signed August 17, 2026 under 287(g) (ICE's 287(g) page, October 21, 2026).
5. After ICE custody, search the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.

Since 2024, Criminal Rule 2.6 pushes judges toward release without money. A judge can order cash, 10 percent or a surety bond. Read our bail steps for the Spencer County Jail.

Indiana keeps many Level 6 felons in jails like the Spencer County Jail. Longer terms mean state prison. The IDOC offender search shows where a prisoner is.

Not on the list? Try these:

• Dubois County Jail (Dubois County, Jasper): 812-482-3522
• Perry County Jail (Perry County, Tell City): 812-547-2441
• Warrick County Jail (Warrick County, Boonville): 812-897-6096 or 812-897-6180 (call either)

The county also touches Daviess County, KY, Hancock County, KY.

• Phone calls: our inmate phone guide.
• Deposits: our money guide.
• Commissary: commissary guide.
• Visiting: our visit guide.
• Mail: inmate mail rules.
• Email: the messaging page.

Spencer County has about 20,061 residents (Census Vintage 2025, released 2026). Rockport is the county seat.

Local police lines:

• Arrests in Santa Claus, Rockport, Dale, Grandview, Chrisney, Richland: ask the jail at 812-649-2286 or 812-649-6036 (call either) which agency made it.
• Spencer County Sheriff's Office: 812-649-2286 or 812-649-6036 (call either)