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 on September 23, 2026.
Wayne County, Indiana, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wayne County is held at the county jail, run by the Wayne 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: Wayne County public records, Wayne County arrest records, Wayne County warrants, Wayne County criminal records, Wayne County court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Wayne County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wayne County is held at the county jail, run by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.co.wayne.in.us (page title: Wayne County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Wayne County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 220 people, down from about 330 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 416 beds, and it ran at 60 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Wayne County has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 33 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Wayne County Jail
The Wayne County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Richmond, Cambridge City and Hagerstown make the arrests that end in a booking in Wayne County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Wayne County: Indiana University at East (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Wayne County Sheriff's Office's 1,192 for 2019, Richmond's 901 for 2025 and Hagerstown's 23 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Wayne County with all twelve months of 2019 on file reported 1,240 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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County?
Ask the Wayne County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.co.wayne.in.us.
How many people are in the Wayne County jail?
About 220 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 416 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Wayne County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Wayne 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.