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.
Boone County, Indiana, has about 79,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Boone County is held at the county jail, run by the Boone 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 Boone County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Boone County is held at the county jail, run by the Boone County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Boone County Sheriff's Office at boonecountyindianasheriff.com/divisions/county-corrections/correcti... (page title: Corrections-Inmate Lookup | Jailtracker | Boone County Sheriff, Indiana), phone 765-483-5782, 1905 Indianapolis Ave Lebanon, IN 46052, Mon-Fri 8am-4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Boone County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 140 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 219 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Boone County has about 79,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 18 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Boone County Jail
The Boone County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Zionsville, Lebanon and Whitestown make the arrests that end in a booking in Boone County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Lebanon's 387 for 2025, Whitestown's 340 for 2025 and Zionsville's 131 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Boone County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 727 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 Boone County 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 Boone 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 Boone County?
Look on the custody page of the Boone County Sheriff's Office at boonecountyindianasheriff.com, or call 765-483-5782. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Boone County jail?
About 140 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 219 beds.
What is the phone number for the Boone County jail?
765-483-5782, the number on the page of the Boone County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Boone County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Boone County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.