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 2, 2026.
Nappanee, Indiana, in Elkhart County, has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Nappanee is held at the county jail, run by the Elkhart 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 Nappanee
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Nappanee is held at the county jail, run by the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.elkhartcounty.com/en/divisions/corrections-resources (page title: Corrections | Elkhart County Sheriff's Office), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Elkhart County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 880 people, up from about 870 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 960 beds, and it ran at 82 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Elkhart County has about 207,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 42 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Elkhart County Jail
The Elkhart County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Nappanee (filed by the FBI as Nappanee Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Nappanee.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office's 1,791 for 2025, Elkhart's 1,338 for 2025 and Goshen's 1,015 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Elkhart County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,578 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 Nappanee 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 Nappanee?
Ask the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.elkhartcounty.com.
How many people are in the Elkhart County jail?
About 880 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 960 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Elkhart County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Nappanee 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.