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 4, 2026.
Daviess County, Indiana, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Daviess County is held at the county jail, run by the Daviess 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 Daviess County
The county jail, run by the Daviess County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Daviess County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Daviess County Sheriff's Office at daviess.org/1264/Jail-Command (page title: Jail Command | Daviess County, IN), 101 NE 4th Street Washington, IN 47501, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Daviess County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 170 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 240 beds, and it ran at 66 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Daviess County has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 50 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Daviess County Jail
The Daviess County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Washington make the arrests that end in a booking in Daviess County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Washington's 517 for 2025 and the Daviess County Sheriff's Office's 312 for 2021.
Washington reported 517 arrests to the FBI for 2025. 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 Daviess 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 Daviess 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 Daviess County?
Ask the Daviess County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at daviess.org/1264/Jail-Command.
How many people are in the Daviess County jail?
About 170 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 240 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Daviess County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Daviess 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.