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.
Bloomington, Indiana, in Monroe County, has about 80,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bloomington is held at the county jail, run by the Monroe 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 Bloomington
The county jail, run by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bloomington, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search (page title: Offender Search | mcso-html), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Monroe County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 220 people, down from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 294 beds, and it ran at 102 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Monroe County has about 141,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Monroe County Jail
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Bloomington (filed by the FBI as Bloomington Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Bloomington.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Monroe County: Indiana University at Bloomington (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Bloomington's 1,713 for 2025, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office's 568 for 2025 and Ellettsville's 158 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies in Monroe County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,281 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 Bloomington arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Indiana Department of Correction lists its inmates at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Bloomington?
Ask the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search.
How many people are in the Monroe County jail?
About 220 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 294 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Monroe County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Bloomington 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.