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.
New Castle, Indiana, in Henry County, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in New Castle is held at the county jail, run by the Henry 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 New Castle
The county jail, run by the Henry County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in New Castle, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Henry County Sheriff's Office at henrycounty.in.gov/157/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Henry County, IN), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Henry County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 220 people, up from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 226 beds, and it ran at 88 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Henry County has about 49,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 45 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Henry County Jail
The Henry County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for New Castle (filed by the FBI as New Castle Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around New Castle.
The Shirley Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Henry County, so its arrests are not broken out for Henry County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were New Castle's 390 for 2025 and the Henry County Sheriff's Office's 242 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Henry County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 632 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 New Castle 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 New Castle?
Ask the Henry County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at henrycounty.in.gov/157/Sheriffs-Office.
How many people are in the Henry 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 226 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Henry County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official New Castle 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.