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.
Huntingburg, Indiana, in Dubois County, has about 6,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Huntingburg is held at the county jail, run by the Dubois 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 Huntingburg
The county jail, run by the Dubois County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Huntingburg, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Dubois County Sheriff's Office at duboiscounty.in.gov/departments/dubois_county_sheriff.php (page title: Dubois County Sheriff), phone 812-482-3522, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 812-482-3522.
The Dubois County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 76 people, down from about 87 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 84 beds, and it ran at 104 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Dubois County has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 17 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Dubois County Jail
The Dubois County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Huntingburg (filed by the FBI as Huntingburg Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Huntingburg.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Jasper's 443 for 2025, the Dubois County Sheriff's Office's 263 for 2025 and Huntingburg's 175 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Dubois County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 881 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 Huntingburg 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 Dubois 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 Huntingburg?
Ask the Dubois County Sheriff's Office at 812-482-3522; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at duboiscounty.in.gov.
How many people are in the Dubois County jail?
About 76 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 84 beds.
What is the phone number for the Dubois County jail?
812-482-3522, the number on the page of the Dubois County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Dubois County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Huntingburg 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.