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 September 30, 2026.
Garrett, Indiana, in DeKalb County, has about 6,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Garrett is held at the county jail, run by the DeKalb 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 Garrett
The county jail, run by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Garrett, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office at dekalbsheriff.in.gov/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | DeKalb County Sheriff's Office | DeKalb County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The DeKalb County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 87 people, up from about 86 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 105 beds, and it ran at 82 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
DeKalb County has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 20 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the DeKalb County Jail
The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Garrett (filed by the FBI as Garrett Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Garrett.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office's 305 for 2025, Auburn's 284 for 2025 and Butler's 20 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in DeKalb County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 609 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 Garrett 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 DeKalb 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 Garrett?
Look on the custody page of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office at dekalbsheriff.in.gov/inmate-search. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the DeKalb County jail?
About 87 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 105 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in DeKalb County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Garrett 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.