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.
Warrick County, Indiana, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Warrick County is held at the county jail, run by the Warrick 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 Warrick County
The county jail, run by the Warrick County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Warrick County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Warrick County Sheriff's Office at warrickcounty.gov/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Warrick County), phone 812-897-1200, 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 812-897-1200.
The Warrick County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 99 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 124 beds, and it ran at 95 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Warrick County has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Warrick County Jail
The Warrick County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Boonville make the arrests that end in a booking in Warrick County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Warrick County Sheriff's Office's 227 for 2024 and Boonville's 54 for 2023.
Together, the two agencies in Warrick County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 242 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 Warrick 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 Warrick 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 Warrick County?
Ask the Warrick County Sheriff's Office at 812-897-1200; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at warrickcounty.gov/sheriffs-office.
How many people are in the Warrick County jail?
About 99 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 124 beds.
What is the phone number for the Warrick County jail?
812-897-1200, the number on the page of the Warrick County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Warrick County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Warrick 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.