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.
LaGrange County, Indiana, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in LaGrange County is held at the county jail, run by the LaGrange 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 LaGrange County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in LaGrange County is held at the county jail, run by the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office at lagrangecounty.org/department/division.php?structureid=76 (page title: LaGrange County Jail | LaGrange County, Indiana), phone 260-499-6300, 0875 S State Road 9 LaGrange, IN 46761, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 260-499-6300.
The LaGrange County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 130 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 242 beds, and it ran at 53 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
LaGrange County has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 31 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the LaGrange County Jail
The LaGrange County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lagrange, Topeka and Shipshewana make the arrests that end in a booking in LaGrange County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in LaGrange County: Prairie Heights Community Schools Corporation and Westview Schools (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office's 389 for 2025, Lagrange's 158 for 2025 and Shipshewana's 75 for 2024.
Together, the three agencies in LaGrange County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 562 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 LaGrange 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 LaGrange 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 LaGrange County?
Ask the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office at 260-499-6300; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lagrangecounty.org.
How many people are in the LaGrange County jail?
About 130 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 242 beds.
What is the phone number for the LaGrange County jail?
260-499-6300, the number on the page of the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in LaGrange County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official LaGrange 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.