Randolph County Inmate Population
The local Randolph County inmate population is held at the Randolph County Jail, the only detention facility identified in the county source set. The jail is run by the Randolph County Sheriff's Department and serves arrests made by the sheriff and local police agencies. Official recent-arrest examples name the Randolph County Sheriff's Department, Winchester Police Department, Union City Police Department, and Lynn Police Department as arresting agencies, so the arresting officer may be municipal even when the person is booked into the county jail.
That county jail count is not the same as a state prison count. People held before trial, on warrants, on local sentences, or while waiting for court action remain part of the Randolph County inmate population while they are housed in the county jail. A person sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction moves into the state prison system and must be searched through IDOC instead of the sheriff app. Federal prison and immigration custody use separate federal locators.
Randolph County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest published jail-population figure is capacity, not a live count. The official jail information page states that the Randolph County Jail has 106 beds and was constructed in 1994. It also says jail staff include 20 full-time officers plus part-time officers. No official web dashboard, annual report, or state table found in the research published the current inmate count, average daily population, annual bookings, length of stay, or jail demographic mix.
The county context still helps explain scale. The U.S. Census QuickFacts table gave Randolph County a July 1, 2025 population estimate of 24,438, and the STATS Indiana county profile also listed 24,438 residents. Comparing 106 rated beds with that county population equals about 434 rated jail beds per 100,000 residents. That is a capacity comparison only. It is not an incarceration rate because the actual number of people held was not published in the inspected sources.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Randolph County Jail capacity | 106 beds | Official jail information page, inspected June 12, 2026 |
| Jail construction year | 1994 | Official jail information page |
| Full-time jail officers | 20 plus part-time officers | Official jail information page |
| Current jail population | Not published online | Sheriff app may show current inmates, but no public web count was available |
| County population | 24,438 | Census QuickFacts and STATS Indiana, 2025 estimate |
Randolph County Inmate Population Trends
Trend data for the Randolph County inmate population is limited because the county did not publish a multi-year jail average daily population table in the inspected sources. The safe trend record is a timeline of published facility and county measures: construction year, county population estimates, the rated capacity, and the recent federal renovation grant. Those items show a stable small-county setting and a jail facility that has active renovation funding, but they do not prove that the jail is over capacity or under capacity on any given day.
| Year | County or Jail Measure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Jail constructed | Official Randolph County jail information page |
| 2020 | County population 24,502 | U.S. Census QuickFacts |
| 2024 | Jail renovation project, $4,316,000 | BJA FY2024 Byrne Discretionary project list |
| 2025 | County population 24,438 | Census QuickFacts and STATS Indiana |
| 2026 | Jail capacity still published as 106 beds | County jail page inspected June 12, 2026 |
The official Bureau of Justice Assistance FY2024 project list included $4,316,000 for Randolph County Jail Renovation. Local reporting in May 2024 described the project as renovations and expansion discussed with county officials. No final bed count, completion date, or final design was found in the official research, so the current Randolph County inmate population should not be described with a projected future capacity.
Randolph County Jail Population Makeup
Official local sources describe who the jail serves more clearly than they describe the population breakdown. The Randolph County Jail holds people arrested in the county, people booked on warrants, local detainees awaiting court action, and some locally sentenced inmates. The research did not locate a jail-specific race, sex, age, felony, misdemeanor, pretrial, sentenced, or hold-by-agency table. County demographics from Census and STATS Indiana should not be treated as jail demographics.
The county is rural and border-adjacent, with Winchester as the county seat and largest city. STATS Indiana listed Winchester, Union City, Parker City, Farmland, Lynn, Ridgeville, Saratoga, Losantville, Albany, and Modoc among Randolph County communities. Those community names matter for search because a Union City, Winchester, or Lynn police arrest can still place a person in the sheriff-run jail. Search the custody system by county and facility, not just by the arresting department.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, including identification, record entry, property handling, and a custody decision.
- Hold
- A custody block tied to another warrant, court, probation issue, federal matter, or immigration detainer.
- Detainer
- A notice or request from another agency asking for custody transfer or release notification.
- Disposition
- The court outcome of a charge, such as dismissal, plea, conviction, acquittal, or sentencing.
Randolph County Jail Capacity
The 106-bed capacity is the core local population number. Because no current count or average daily population was located, overcrowding cannot be measured from the public web sources used here. The better way to read the capacity figure is as the rated size of the local jail, not proof that every bed is filled. For same-day custody questions, the sheriff app and jail phone line are more useful than any static capacity number.
Indiana county jails also sit under state standards. Indiana Code 11-12-4 establishes state authority for county jail standards, and 210 IAC 3 contains county jail standards for supervision, safety, sanitation, and operations. The IDOC Jail Services Division policy describes the inspection process. Those sources create the operating framework, but the research did not find a Randolph-specific inspection score or deficiency order.
Randolph County Inmate Record Laws
Indiana law explains why some jail and court material is open while other material is not posted online. Indiana Code 5-14-3, the Access to Public Records Act, is the main public-record law for agencies such as the sheriff's office. It supports inspection and copying of public records unless a statute, court rule, or exemption applies. It does not require the county to put every booking photo, arrest report, investigative file, or old jail log on a public website.
Key Randolph County custody record rules:
Indiana Code 5-14-3-3 says public-record requests should identify the record with reasonable particularity and that public records are generally inspectable during agency business hours.
Indiana Code 5-14-3-4 lists mandatory and discretionary exceptions, including law-enforcement investigatory limits.
Indiana Code 35-38-9 governs expungement, which can restrict public access to qualifying arrest, charge, and conviction records.
Indiana's DCRA reporting form relates to deaths in law-enforcement or correctional custody, but no Randolph-specific death-in-custody case was located in the project research.
Search Randolph County Inmates
The most important Randolph County inmate search fact is that the county does not publish a normal public web roster in the inspected official sources. The official Recent Arrests page says the information usually found there has moved to the Randolph County Sheriff app. After installing the app, users can view new arrests in the Recent Arrest section and current inmates housed at the Randolph County Jail in the Inmate Search section.
The official web page does not publish the app's internal search fields, so desktop users and people without a supported phone need a fallback. The county jail phone line is the next practical channel for current custody confirmation. A written APRA request to the sheriff's office is the better channel for a booking sheet, arrest report, booking photo, or old jail record that is no longer visible in the app.
- Install the Randolph County Sheriff IN app from the Apple App Store or Google Play, or use the county's OCV app share link.
- Open Recent Arrest for new arrests or Inmate Search for current inmates housed at the Randolph County Jail.
- Search with the exact name, then try middle initials, suffixes, hyphenated names, and known aliases if the first search fails.
- If the app does not return the person, call the jail and ask whether the person is in booking, released, transferred, or held under another name.
- Use MyCase for formal court charges after filing, IDOC for sentenced state custody, BOP for federal prison, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
Randolph County Inmate Search Fields
The county app is the official current channel, but its web-inspectable search fields were not available. The research therefore preserves the app sections that the county named and compares them with statewide tools that can matter when the person is outside the local jail. The INjail Public Access portal is official statewide infrastructure, but Randolph County was not included in the inspected county list, so it should not be treated as the Randolph roster.
| Tool | Fields or Inputs | Use for Randolph County |
|---|---|---|
| Randolph County Sheriff app | Inmate Search and Recent Arrest sections; internal fields not published on the web | Primary current county jail channel |
| INjail Public Access | Last name, first name, birth date, county | Official portal, but Randolph was not listed during inspection |
| IDOC incarcerated search | Last name, first name, or DOC number | Sentenced state prisoners after transfer |
| Indiana SAVIN | Offender name, offender ID, or case number | Custody-status and release notifications |
| BOP inmate locator | Register number or name with race, age, and sex filters | Federal inmates from 1982 to present |
| ICE ODLS | A-number plus country of birth or biographical search | Immigration detention lookup |
The sheriff's public page is the best county source for the app migration. The official sheriff page identifies Sheriff Art L. Moystner and publishes sheriff and jail contact numbers, while the app notice explains where the live inmate search moved.
Use that sheriff source for local custody routing, then use the state or federal locators only when the person is no longer a Randolph County Jail inmate.
Randolph County Inmate Record Details
The current app profile fields were not visible from the public web. The older official recent-arrests web entries still show the local record style. Those entries include an image or booking-photo placeholder, name, date, charge wording, and arresting agency. They do not show bond, booking number, housing unit, date of birth, court case number, or release status on the public web page.
| Field | What the Public Web Source Showed |
|---|---|
| Image or booking photo | Shown beside recent-arrest entries |
| Name | Displayed with last name and first name, sometimes with suffix or middle initial |
| Date | Displayed in short date format |
| Charges | Plain-language charge description, not a full statute list |
| Agency | Arresting agency, including sheriff and municipal departments |
| Bond and housing | Not shown on the inspected recent-arrests page |
Randolph County Jail vs Prison
A common search mistake is using the county app for someone who has already moved to a different custody system. The county jail is for local detention and booking. IDOC is for sentenced state prison custody. BOP is for federal prison custody. ICE ODLS is for immigration detention. A person may also be released, transferred to another county on a warrant, or held under a name spelling that differs from the first search attempt.
| Custody Level | Who It Covers | Where to Search |
|---|---|---|
| Randolph County Jail | Pretrial detainees, local sentences, warrant arrests, and current county jail inmates | Randolph County Sheriff IN app or jail phone |
| Indiana state prison | People sentenced to Indiana Department of Correction custody | IDOC incarcerated search |
| Victim notification | Custody status alerts and release notifications | Indiana SAVIN |
| Federal prison | Federal sentenced inmates from 1982 to present | BOP inmate locator |
| Immigration detention | ICE detainees | ICE Online Detainee Locator System |
Randolph County Arrest to Court
Jail records and court records answer different questions. A jail booking tells whether the person entered custody and may show arrest charges. A court case begins when the prosecutor files formal charges. The Randolph County Prosecutor page says Prosecutor David Daly evaluates facts received, determines whether a crime occurred, decides what charges should be filed, receives complaints from law enforcement and private citizens, and prosecutes cases in the proper court.
After filing, MyCase is the main court case-search tool. It can show the defendant name, case number, court, filing date, charges, events, hearings, and dispositions when the case is public and available online. If a document is not online, the Indiana Judicial Branch public-records guide says to contact the clerk's office in the county where the case is being heard. Custody and court status can move at different speeds, so a person may appear in one system before the other updates.
Charge vs. conviction: a jail charge or court count is an allegation until resolved by plea, dismissal, conviction, acquittal, or another court order.
Randolph County Detention Facilities
The facility map has one Randolph County detention facility. No separate city jail, regional jail, work-release building, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention facility was located in Randolph County through the official-source review. Community corrections pages exist, including home detention and day reporting, but those are supervision programs and do not create another inmate-population facility page.
- Randolph County Jail holds current county jail inmates, including pretrial detainees, locally sentenced inmates, warrant arrests, and people booked by Randolph County law-enforcement agencies.
Randolph County Jail Visits
Family and friend services are tied to the same local jail facility. The official jail information page names HomeWAV for phone accounts, video visits, and e-messaging. It also says inmates are allowed one free on-site visit each week at the jail. On-site visits must be scheduled 24 hours in advance and may be scheduled up to one week ahead. Commissary money can be added through Express Account or through the silver kiosk in the jail lobby.
| Service | Published Method | Local Note |
|---|---|---|
| On-site visit | HomeWAV scheduling | One free on-site visit per week, scheduled 24 hours ahead |
| Remote video visit | HomeWAV | Fee not published on the county page |
| E-messaging and phone | HomeWAV | Video calls occur when inmate and approved visitor are online |
| Commissary | Express Account or silver lobby kiosk | Copy fees or deposit fees not published in county source |
Randolph County Inmate FAQ
How large is the Randolph County inmate population? The official web sources did not publish a current inmate count or average daily population. The jail information page gives the rated capacity as 106 beds, and current inmates are searched through the sheriff app.
Where is the current Randolph County jail roster? The county's recent-arrests page says current inmate search and new arrests moved to the Randolph County Sheriff IN app. If the app is not available, call the jail.
Why does INjail not show Randolph County? INjail is an official statewide portal, but Randolph County was not included in the inspected county API list. The local source points users to the sheriff app instead.
How are past inmate records requested? Use a written APRA request to the sheriff's office and identify the person, date range, arresting agency, and record type. Call first to confirm the current submission method and fees.
Where are court charges after arrest? Search MyCase after the prosecutor files charges. If the case or document is not online, contact the Randolph County clerk or court.
What if the person was sentenced? Search the Indiana Department of Correction locator. Sentenced state prisoners are not part of the county jail roster after transfer.
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