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 1, 2026.
Evansville, Indiana, in Vanderburgh County, has about 115,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Evansville is held at the county jail, run by the Vanderburgh 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 Evansville
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Evansville is held at the county jail, run by the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office at vanderburghsheriff.org/jail/inmate-lookup (page title: Inmate Lookup | Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office), phone 812-421-6200, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Vanderburgh County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 570 people, down from about 820 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 512 beds, and it ran at 137 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Vanderburgh County has about 180,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 32 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Vanderburgh County Jail
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Evansville (filed by the FBI as Evansville Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Evansville.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Vanderburgh County: Indiana University at Evansville (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Evansville's 4,512 for 2025 and the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office's 830 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Vanderburgh County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,342 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 Evansville 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 Vanderburgh 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 Evansville?
Look on the custody page of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office at vanderburghsheriff.org/jail/inmate-lookup, or call 812-421-6200. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Vanderburgh County jail?
About 570 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 512 beds.
What is the phone number for the Vanderburgh County jail?
812-421-6200, the number on the page of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Vanderburgh County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Evansville 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.