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.
Decatur County, Indiana, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Decatur County is held at the county jail, run by the Decatur 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 Decatur County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Decatur County is held at the county jail, run by the Decatur County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Decatur County Sheriff's Office at decaturcounty.in.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Decatur County, Indiana), phone 812-222-4911, 601 South Ireland St., Greensburg, IN 47240, Mon-Fri 8am-4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 812-222-4911.
The Decatur County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 140 people, up from about 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 66 beds, and it ran at 206 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Decatur County has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 54 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Decatur County Jail
The Decatur County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Greensburg make the arrests that end in a booking in Decatur County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Greensburg's 642 for 2025 and the Decatur County Sheriff's Office's 404 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Decatur County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,046 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 Decatur 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 Decatur 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 Decatur County?
Ask the Decatur County Sheriff's Office at 812-222-4911; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at decaturcounty.in.gov/sheriff.
How many people are in the Decatur 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 66 beds.
What is the phone number for the Decatur County jail?
812-222-4911, the number on the page of the Decatur County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Decatur County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Decatur 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.