Posey County Inmate Roster Overview
The official county-jail search channel documented for Posey County is the Indiana County Jail Public Portal, often called INjail. It is a statewide portal for Indiana county jails rather than a Posey-only roster. It has a Search tab and a Counties tab, and it can be used to look for current or recent county-jail booking and release data when a county record is available. The portal is not the same as the state prison system. It also is not a complete court file.
Posey County jail records should be read with that boundary in mind. INjail can help locate a person in county custody or show a recent booking, but the case behind the arrest may need a separate search in Indiana MyCase. MyCase is where Posey Circuit Court and Posey Superior Court case details, hearings, charges, bond events, and docket entries are searched. If a person has moved from the Posey County Jail into Indiana Department of Correction custody, the IDOC offender locator is the better channel.
The Posey County Sheriff's Office says its responsibilities include jail and confinement, court security, civil process, and enforcement of Indiana law and county ordinances. The current Posey County jail and confinement center was completed in 2018 and is capable of housing 208 inmates.
Use INjail for Posey County Inmates
INjail accepts a name, birth date, county, booking range, or release range. It requires at least one search value. A broad last-name search may return statewide matches, so use the county filter or the Counties tab when the person is believed to be in Posey County custody. Name spelling matters. The portal code limits first and last name fields to alpha-only text, so avoid punctuation and agency numbers in those boxes.
- Open the INjail Public Portal and choose the Search tab or the Counties tab.
- Enter the last name first. Add first name, birth date, county, booked-between dates, or released-between dates if the result set is too broad.
- Review the result columns for county, name, age, booked-on date, released-on date, and the View link.
- Open the profile to check the booking number, arrest date, arresting agency, holds, cases, and release fields that are available.
- Call the Posey County Jail before relying on the result for custody, visitation, bond, transport, or surrender decisions.
Note: INjail warns that public data may not reflect the most current status, so custody-sensitive details should be verified by phone.
Posey County Inmate Search Fields
The INjail search screen gives more than one way to narrow a Posey County inmate search. A last name is the simplest starting point, but date and county filters help when a name is common or when the booking happened within a known window. Released-between dates are useful when checking whether a person recently left county custody, while booked-between dates help with a recent arrest or transport.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | At least one search value | Maximum 50 characters; alpha-only entry in portal code. |
| First Name | Text | No | Maximum 50 characters; alpha-only entry. |
| Birth Date | Date picker | No | Placeholder uses m/d/yyyy format. |
| County | Dropdown | No | Use Posey County to limit a statewide search. |
| Booked Between | Date range | No | Preset ranges include today, last 7 days, last 30 days, this month, and last month. |
| Released Between | Date range | No | Preset ranges include last 7 days and last 30 days. |
| Search | Button | Yes to submit | The portal requires at least one value before searching. |
The IDOC site has a different search purpose. It is for state custody after a person is committed to the Indiana Department of Correction, not for a new Posey County booking. The manifest image from the IDOC offender locator shows why the state tool belongs in a separate lane from county jail custody.
A person who is not found in INjail may still have a court case in MyCase, a state-prison record in IDOC, or no public online custody record. Use each system for its own record type.
Posey County Inmate Profile Details
INjail result labels and public portal code identify the key fields that may appear for a county inmate profile. Not every field will be filled in every result. A booking that is still being processed may have less detail than a later result, and a release field may remain blank while the person is still in custody. The portal also references holds and case areas, which can point to the need for a MyCase search.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name and Age | Identifies the person in the county-jail result and helps distinguish similar names. |
| County | Shows the Indiana county connected to the jail record. |
| INjail ID | Portal identifier used by the INjail system. |
| Booking Number | Jail booking identifier for the custody event. |
| Booked On | Date tied to booking into county custody. |
| Arrest Date | Date listed for arrest when available. |
| Arresting Agency | Agency tied to the arrest or booking entry. |
| Released Date | Release field when a person has left custody. |
| Holds and Cases | Linked custody or case areas that may require court or sheriff confirmation. |
Profile fields should not be treated as the final word on charges. Filed court charges after arrest are a separate court record. If the inmate profile references a case or hold, use the court case number, person name, or citation number in MyCase, then confirm any live custody issue with the jail.
Posey County Jail Contact Card
The verified Posey County facility information is short but important. The sheriff page gives one jail and confinement center, one physical and mailing address, and one jail phone path. It does not publish a separate annex, satellite jail, or second county facility in the researched official source set. The same sheriff page names Sheriff Tom Latham and Chief Deputy Jeremy Fortune.
Posey County Jail / Confinement Center
1201 O'Donnell Road
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
(812) 838-1321, Option 1 for jail
Capacity: 208 inmates; completed in 2018.
Posey County Dispatch
1201 O'Donnell Road
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
(812) 838-1320
Use dispatch for urgent law-enforcement contact.
The sheriff's official page should be used for the current public contact path. The manifest image from the IDOC offender locator help page is useful for a second reminder that state offender location and county jail custody are different searches.
Posey County Inmate Visitation
No official Posey County jail visitation schedule, mail rule page, commissary vendor, inmate phone vendor, tablet policy, or money-deposit schedule was found in the researched official pages. The verified public facts are the jail address, jail phone, 208-inmate capacity, and the sheriff's responsibility for jail and confinement. Because jail visitation rules can change by housing unit, security status, staffing, vendor, holiday, and disciplinary status, the official phone line is the only supported path for current rules from the source set.
| Topic | Verified Public Detail | What to Ask the Jail |
|---|---|---|
| Visitation schedule | No official schedule located. | Ask whether visits are in person, video, or both, and whether appointments are required. |
| Visitor approval | No public rule page located. | Ask whether visitors need to be on an approved list and what ID is required. |
| No official mail format located. | Ask for inmate-name format, booking-number needs, photo limits, book rules, and legal-mail rules. | |
| Money and commissary | No provider confirmed. | Ask whether deposits are accepted by kiosk, web, phone, money order, or lobby only. |
| Attorney visits | No public schedule located. | Ask for attorney access rules because those visits are usually handled apart from social visits. |
Do not assume that a general Indiana jail rule applies to Posey County. Call (812) 838-1321 and choose Option 1 for the jail before making plans.
Posey County Inmate Booking and Court Links
A Posey County inmate record starts on the jail side, but the court side can become important very quickly. The sheriff is responsible for jail and confinement, while the clerk and courts maintain the case record after charges, hearings, bond orders, or other court events are filed. The INjail profile may show booking, arrest, release, hold, and case labels. It should not be read as the whole case file. The court file may show more about the charge, bond, next hearing, failure-to-appear activity, or disposition.
Criminal cases in Posey County are assigned to Posey Circuit Court by local rule. If an inmate lookup points to a new criminal case, search MyCase by name or case number and narrow to Posey Circuit Court when possible. If the arrest is tied to a traffic citation, traffic violations and other infractions are also assigned to Circuit Court, and the clerk's traffic desk can answer payment and court-date questions. If the matter is a protective order, family, small-claim, guardianship, or other civil case, Superior Court may be involved under the local allocation rules.
The most useful custody workflow is simple: check INjail for current or recent county jail status, check MyCase for the court record, call the Posey County Jail for custody and visitation facts, and call the Clerk of the Posey Circuit/Superior Courts for case-copy or court-date questions. This keeps jail data, court data, and state-prison data in their proper lanes.
Posey County Custody Channels
Several official channels can touch one custody question. INjail handles county-jail lookup. The Posey County Sheriff's Office verifies current custody by phone. IDOC handles state prison placement. MyCase tracks court case status and bond or hearing events. The Indiana sex and violent offender registry is a registry tool, not a jail roster. Keeping these records separate prevents a common error: assuming that absence from one database proves absence from every system.
- INjail Public Portal: current or recent Indiana county jail bookings and releases.
- Posey jail phone: live custody, visit, mail, release, and facility-rule verification.
- IDOC offender locator: sentenced state-prison custody after transfer from county jail.
- MyCase: charges, hearings, bond events, and court docket activity.
- Sheriff's mobile app: official app listings advertise tips, crime reporting, public-safety news, and other interactive features.
The official Posey County Sheriff's Office mobile app listings do not confirm an app-only inmate lookup. Treat the app as a communication and public-safety channel unless a later official app screen confirms a roster feature. The sex and violent offender registry also has a different purpose. It identifies registered offenders by county, address, or name, but it does not prove that a person is now in the Posey County Jail.