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Randolph County Jail Overview

Randolph County Jail is operated by the Randolph County Sheriff's Department. Official county pages also call the building the Sheriff's Office and Jail because jail operations, sheriff offices, intake, a hearing room, and 911 dispatch are housed together in Winchester. The facility is a county jail, not a state prison, federal prison, ICE detention center, separate city jail, or work-release facility. It holds people booked on local arrests, warrants, pretrial cases, local sentences, and other county-level custody matters.

The official county facility page says the sheriff's office and jail building sits at Main and South streets in Winchester. The sheriff sale and jail-information pages give the public address as 155 E. South Street, Winchester, IN 47394. Sheriff Art L. Moystner leads the Randolph County Sheriff's Department, and the sheriff page lists Michael Kennedy as Lieutenant/Jail Commander. Jail questions should be directed to the sheriff/jail phone numbers, not to 911 unless there is an emergency.

The official Randolph County jail information page shows the core facility details, including capacity, staff, commissary, HomeWAV, and visit scheduling notes.

That county page is the best official web source for family and visitor rules, while the current inmate list itself is handled through the sheriff app.

Randolph County Jail Capacity

The jail-information page says Randolph County Jail was constructed in 1994 and has 106 beds. It also says the jail has 20 full-time officers and uses part-time officers to help meet staffing needs. Full-time jail officers complete a one-week Jail Academy accredited by the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. Those facts are local to this jail and should be treated as the known facility data. A current jail population count, average daily population, annual booking total, housing-unit split, and capacity-use percentage were not found in official public web sources.

Official sources do not publish a daily population dashboard for Randolph County Jail. The sheriff app may show who is currently housed, but the app screens were not available as a public web roster during research. Do not calculate an occupancy rate without a current inmate count from the sheriff's office.

Search Randolph County Jail Inmates

Current Randolph County Jail inmate lookup is not a standard public web roster. The official recent-arrests page says the information usually found there has moved to the Randolph County Sheriff app. Once the app is installed, users can view all new arrests in the "Recent Arrest" section and all current inmates housed at Randolph County Jail in the "Inmate Search" section. The county page says to find the app by searching the Apple App Store or Google Play for "Randolph County Indiana Sheriff App."

1. Install the Randolph County Sheriff IN app from the Apple App Store or Google Play, or use the county's OCV share link for app routing.
2. Open "Inmate Search" for people currently housed at Randolph County Jail.
3. Open "Recent Arrest" for new arrest entries, then compare names, dates, charges, and arresting agency.
4. Call (765) 584-1721 or (765) 584-7331 if the app does not show the person or if custody status is time-sensitive.
5. Use MyCase for filed court charges after a jail arrest, because the app is a custody and booking channel, not the full court record.

The official recent-arrests page is the source for the app-only notice and still shows sample arrest-entry fields.

Because the app's internal search fields were not published on the web, avoid assuming it displays bond, housing, booking number, or release time unless the jail confirms it.

Randolph County Jail Contact

The sheriff's office and jail share the same public building address and phone paths. Use the phone number before visiting for bond, records pickup, visit problems, mail rules, or accessibility questions. The official county pages do not publish separate public lobby hours, a visitor entrance address, parking instructions, or ADA entrance instructions for the jail. Call ahead if timing, mobility access, or a required document matters.

For the Jail Commander, call the sheriff/jail number and ask for Michael Kennedy or the current Jail Commander. For emergencies, use 911 rather than the jail information line.

Randolph Jail Visits

Randolph County Jail uses HomeWAV for phone, video visits, video calls, and e-messaging. The county jail page says inmates are allowed one free on-site visit per week at the jail. All other visits must be scheduled through HomeWAV. On-site visits must be scheduled 24 hours in advance and may be scheduled up to one week out. The county page does not publish a local dress code, visitor ID list, minor visitor rule, locker rule, or contraband list.

Note: Confirm visit approval, ID requirements, dress rules, and arrival instructions with the jail before the first visit.

Randolph Jail Mail and Money

Randolph County publishes commissary and communication vendors, but it does not publish a full local mail policy. Commissary money can be added online through Express Account or through the silver kiosk in the jail lobby. HomeWAV handles phone accounts, video visits, video calls, and e-messaging. Fees, deposit limits, refund rules, and local lobby hours were not published in the official jail page, so confirm those details before sending funds.

No Randolph-specific inmate mail address format, banned-items list, book rule, postcard rule, scan-mail policy, legal-mail rule, or package rule was located on the official county jail pages. Call the jail before sending anything other than basic correspondence.

Randolph Jail Booking Intake

The county facility page confirms that the sheriff's office and jail building includes an intake center and a hearing room. A person arrested in Randolph County may be transported to this building for search, identification, fingerprints, booking photo, property inventory, safety screening, and entry into jail custody. The public recent-arrests examples show name, date, charge, and agency. They do not show bond, booking number, housing, court date, date of birth, address, or release status on the public web page.

After booking, the next path depends on the case. A person may post bond, be released by court order, remain in jail, be held on a warrant or detainer, or later move to another custody system. Once formal charges are filed, Randolph County court records after jail arrest should be checked through MyCase. Court records can show filed charges and hearings, but current housing and release status remain jail questions.

Randolph Jail Custody Limits

Randolph County Jail is the local county custody point. It is not an Indiana Department of Correction prison. A person sentenced to state prison after a Randolph County case should be searched in the IDOC incarcerated search, not the sheriff app. No state prison was located inside Randolph County in the official facility review. IDOC controls state prison facility assignment, DOC number, and release information after transfer.

Randolph Sheriff Jail Building

The official Sheriff's Office and Jail facility page describes a combined public-safety building. It houses the intake center, hearing room, sheriff offices, 911 dispatch center, and jail. That is why the same building may matter for jail custody questions, sheriff business, hearings, and dispatch operations. The public web pages do not describe housing-unit names, pod layouts, medical unit details, a work-release annex, or male and female bed splits.

Visitors should map to 155 E. South Street, then call before arrival if they need the correct public entrance, parking guidance, or accessibility instructions.

Randolph Jail Renovation

The official BJA FY2024 Byrne Discretionary project list includes a Randolph County Jail Renovation project for $4,316,000. Local reporting in 2024 discussed renovations and expansion, and later local reporting described proposed work such as renovating the county jail, adding a new cell block, and updating intake or receiving areas. Official county web pages did not publish final design drawings, a construction schedule, a temporary visiting plan, or a final bed-count change.

Treat renovation information as project context, not as current operating instructions. Until the sheriff or county publishes final visitor, mail, entrance, or capacity changes, use the jail phone for current rules.