Indiana Inmate Search

Indiana prison inmates are held by the Indiana Department of Correction in facilities such as the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Pendleton, Wabash Valley in Carlisle, Putnamville, Miami in Bunker Hill, New Castle, Plainfield, the Rockville Correctional Facility and the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis. County jails run by the 92 sheriffs hold pretrial detainees, people serving misdemeanor sentences and, since a 2014 sentencing reform, most people convicted of the lowest level felonies.

The IDOC Offender Search is the state lookup. It runs on the DOC number or the name and shows people in prison and people on parole.

Official sources on this page were checked on September 25, 2026.

The Indiana Offender Search returns the DOC number, name, photograph, date of birth, race and gender, the current facility, the earliest possible release date and the offenses with the sentencing county, cause number and sentence. Parolees show a parole district in place of a facility. The search covers adult facilities only; juvenile records are not public. Names repeat often across a system this size, so confirm with the date of birth or the county before you rely on a match.

• Indiana DOC Offender SearchSearch Indiana prisoners and parolees by DOC number or name, checked September 25, 2026
• Indiana Department of CorrectionFacility list, visiting, mail, phone and money deposits, checked September 25, 2026
• Indiana Parole BoardParole hearings, clemency recommendations and decisions, checked September 25, 2026
• VINELink IndianaCustody alerts for Indiana county jails and state prisons, checked September 25, 2026

The Marion County Sheriff's inmate search covers the Adult Detention Center in Indianapolis and lists the booking date, charges and bond. The Allen County Jail in Fort Wayne, the Lake County Jail in Crown Point, the St. Joseph County Jail in South Bend, the Vanderburgh County Jail in Evansville, the Hamilton County Jail in Noblesville and the Tippecanoe County Jail in Lafayette publish their own rosters. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police book into the Marion County jail, and the Indiana State Police book into the county jail of the arrest.

• Indiana County Sheriff DirectorySheriff offices and jail rosters for all 92 counties
• Indiana Police DepartmentsCity police records and arrest logs
• Indiana Criminal RecordsLimited criminal history through the Indiana State Police
• Indiana Most WantedFugitives and outstanding warrants

The Indiana Access to Public Records Act, Indiana Code 5-14-3, makes the custody record public, and the IDOC posts photographs, offenses and release dates. Sheriffs release booking photos, and Indiana law prohibits websites from charging to remove them. Medical and mental health files, the pre-sentence report, classification and disciplinary records are exempt. The Indiana State Police sells a limited criminal history, which covers felony and Class A misdemeanor arrests, to anyone for a fee, and the state courts post most criminal cases on the MyCase portal.

Indiana expunges and seals many records after set waiting periods, and an expunged conviction no longer appears in the court portal or in a limited criminal history.

The Indiana Parole Board hears parole for the small number of indeterminate sentences and decides revocations, while most people leave prison on a fixed period of parole set by statute and supervised by IDOC parole agents in ten districts. Probation belongs to the county courts and each county probation department, so probationers do not appear in the IDOC search. Under Indiana's credit time rules, the earliest possible release date on the record already reflects good time credit. The judgment sits with the clerk of the circuit or superior court of the convicting county.

• Indiana Court RecordsMyCase searches for circuit and superior courts statewide
• Indiana ExpungementsExpungement and sealing under the Indiana Second Chance Law

If the Indiana offender search returns nothing, check the Marion County Sheriff's inmate search for an Indianapolis arrest or the county jail roster for Allen, Lake, St. Joseph or Vanderburgh county, since Level 6 felonies and misdemeanors are served in county jail. Check MyCase for the case, the federal Bureau of Prisons locator for a federal case, including the federal prison in Terre Haute, and VINELink for a recent release.

These federal and national sources complement Indiana's state-level records. They are the authoritative sources you should cross-check when Indiana state records are incomplete or out-of-state activity matters.

Federal BOP, Inmate Locator The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator returns federal inmates held since 1982 in any BOP facility, contract facility, or community corrections center.

VINELink, Victim Notification Operated by Appriss for the U.S. Department of Justice's victim-notification program. Free, anonymous registration for custody-change alerts across participating states.

U.S. Marshals, Prisoner Tracking The USMS Prisoner Tracking System is the authoritative source for federal detainees in pre-trial custody (before BOP designation).