Search Huntington County Jail Records

Huntington County Jail Custody

The official Huntington County Jail page identifies the jail as the county detention facility operated by the Huntington County Sheriff's Office. It holds the local jail population rather than long-term state prisoners. That includes people booked after arrest by the sheriff, Huntington Police Department, town police departments, Indiana State Police, and other agencies serving Huntington County.

The facility is a county jail, so records can involve booking dates, booking numbers, preliminary charges, court case links, holds, bond status, and release dates. Booking charges are not always final charges. Formal court records after a jail arrest are handled through Indiana courts and MyCase, while sentenced state-prison custody moves to the Indiana Department of Correction locator.

The county history source gives Huntington County Jail a clear local identity. The current building opened in 1984 after construction began in 1982, and a second floor was added in 1998. The county describes a 23,000-square-foot facility with two 24-cell modules, officer stations, receiving cells, a drunk tank, a medical examination room, a law library, a public visitor area, and a communications and security-control center.

The county's jail history page shows current-facility details and historic jail photos. The screenshot below comes from that county source.

The history material helps explain why the jail page should be read as a facility record, not just as a roster lookup.

Huntington County Jail Capacity

Huntington County's official jail page says the building was designed for 99 inmates and averages 100 to 105 inmates throughout the year. The research notes inspected that official page on June 12, 2026. That average is not a live head count. A current custody check should still use VINE, INjail Public Access, or the jail station.

The same source set says the jail has 14 full-time and 10 part-time jailers. Full-time jailers attend a one-week jailers school accredited by the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. The county also reports an in-house medical facility, a doctor, a full-time nurse, and medical services through Quality Correctional Care.

Huntington County Jail Lookup

The custody search path for Huntington County Jail starts with the sheriff's VINE link and the INjail Public Access portal. INjail is built for Indiana county jail records and includes search fields for last name, first name, birth date, county filter, booked-between dates, and released-between dates. Huntington County was identified in the research as FIPS 18069 and county code 35, but the public dropdown can change, so use flexible search terms.

1. Open INjail Public Access and search by last name. Add first name or birth date when several people have similar names.
2. Choose Huntington County if the county filter is available. If it is not visible, use the statewide name search.
3. Use booked-between dates for a recent arrest or released-between dates when the person may have bonded out.
4. Open the public profile and compare county, booking number, booked-on date, charges, bond, holds, and release field.
5. If the result is missing or unclear, call Huntington County Jail at (260) 356-3110, which the county lists as the 24-hour jail station.

The Indiana VINE portal is also important because the sheriff links it for offender search and notification. VINE is better for custody status and alerts than for browsing all records. A person who is sentenced to state prison should be searched through the IDOC incarcerated search, not the county jail roster.

The Huntington County jail inmate records page covers the roster fields in more detail when the question is about what the profile means.

Huntington County Jail Contact

The jail and sheriff's office share the same public-safety address, but the phone line depends on the task. Custody, visitation, inmate phone, bond, and immediate facility questions use the jail station. Administrative sheriff business and records requests use the main office during business hours.

For reports or local criminal-history checks, use the sheriff records process rather than the jail station. The records page says police and incident reports require a public-records request, attorney approval, photo ID, and a $10 fee.

Huntington County Jail Visits

Huntington County Jail visitation is video-based through Combined Public Communications and InmateSales. Visitors must create an account before scheduling. The county allows free onsite video visits in the jail lobby and remote visits at $0.20 per minute. Visits last 25 minutes and must be scheduled 24 hours in advance. Up to two visitors can be scheduled, but they must be added before the visit is finalized.

The official Huntington County Jail visitation page shows the CPC schedule and account rules. Its screenshot is included here because visitation timing is one of the most practical facility facts.

The schedule should be checked before travel because the jail states that inmates are responsible for being at the kiosk and staff do not give reminders.

Huntington County Jail Mail

Huntington County changed its mail routing effective January 1, 2024. Standard nonlegal mail goes to a Highland Heights, Kentucky processing address, while legal mail goes to the jail street address. Incoming mail must include the inmate name, inmate ID, and a return address. Noncompliant mail may be destroyed and not returned, so senders should follow the county format closely.

The county's inmate mail page lists the standard and legal-mail addresses, scanner rules, and prohibited items.

The mail screenshot matters because old directions may still point all letters to the jail street address, which the county says is no longer correct for standard mail.

Cash deposits at the lobby kiosk are accepted only in $5, $10, and $20 bills, and the window and kiosk do not make change. Books, magazines, and newspapers must come directly from the publisher. Photos are limited to 10 per package and must be printed on photo paper.

Huntington County Jail Intake

The county does not publish a minute-by-minute booking manual. The official jail page says jailers handle inmate care, discipline, and booking, and the jail history page identifies receiving cells, a drunk tank, a medical examination room, and two 24-cell modules. INjail profile fields show the public side of intake: booking number, booked-on date, arrest date, arresting agency, charges, holds, bond, and release date.

Booking

The jail intake event where identity, arrest facts, property, photo, initial charge, and custody data are entered.

Hold

A separate legal reason the person may stay in custody even when bond is posted on one case.

Bond

A court-set release condition. Huntington County lists cash, 10% cash, surety, split, own-recognizance, and credit-card bond paths.

Jail record

A custody record. It is different from the formal court case record in MyCase.

Bond payments have local rules. Cash and 10% cash bonds must be paid by cashier's check or money order payable to the Clerk of the Courts, or by credit card through GovPay using location code 5098. The jail does not accept cash for bonds.

Huntington County Jail Property

Property release at Huntington County Jail is limited. Inmates may release only property they were arrested with, such as a phone, wallet, or jewelry. Clothing and money will not be released. Items accumulated while incarcerated must be mailed out at the inmate's expense, and the person picking up approved property must bring a valid state ID or driver's license.

The county's inmate property page is the source for the 30-day hold rule, the one-set jury-trial clothing exception, and IDOC transport pickup form.

Those rules are separate from commissary and mail, so families should not bring routine property to the facility unless the county has approved it.