Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Anderson, Indiana, in Madison County, has about 56,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Anderson is held at the county jail, run by the Madison County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Anderson
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Anderson is held at the county jail, run by the Madison County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Madison County Sheriff's Office at madisoncounty.in.gov/departments/sheriff's-office (page title: Sheriff's Office), phone 800-800-9588, 720 Central Ave Anderson, IN 46016, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 800-800-9588.
The Madison County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 240 people, down from about 280 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 207 beds, and it ran at 163 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Madison County has about 134,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 18 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Madison County Jail
The Madison County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Anderson (filed by the FBI as Anderson Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Anderson.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Chesterfield's 1,152 for 2025, Anderson's 1,147 for 2025 and the Madison County Sheriff's Office's 574 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Madison County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,380 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Anderson arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Madison County serves the sentence in a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction, whose inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Anderson?
Ask the Madison County Sheriff's Office at 800-800-9588; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at madisoncounty.in.gov.
How many people are in the Madison County jail?
About 240 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 207 beds.
What is the phone number for the Madison County jail?
800-800-9588, the number on the page of the Madison County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Madison County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Anderson website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.