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.
Fountain County, Indiana, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fountain County is held at the county jail, run by the Fountain 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.
Related guides: Fountain County public records, Fountain County arrest records, Fountain County warrants, Fountain County criminal records, Fountain County court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Fountain County
The county jail, run by the Fountain County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Fountain County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Fountain County Sheriff's Office at fountaincounty.net/topic/index.php?topicid=98&structureid=26 (page title: Inmate Services Information | Fountain County, Indiana), phone (765) 793-3545, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 (765) 793-3545.
The Fountain County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 73 people, up from about 37 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 21 beds, and it ran at 176 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Fountain County has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 43 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Fountain County Jail
The Fountain County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Attica and Covington make the arrests that end in a booking in Fountain County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Covington's 1,152 for 2025 and the Fountain County Sheriff's Office's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Fountain County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,304 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 Fountain 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 Fountain 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 Fountain County?
Ask the Fountain County Sheriff's Office at (765) 793-3545; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at fountaincounty.net.
How many people are in the Fountain County jail?
About 73 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 21 beds.
What is the phone number for the Fountain County jail?
(765) 793-3545, the number on the page of the Fountain County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Fountain County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Fountain 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.