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Harrison County Jail Overview

Harrison County Jail is operated by the Harrison County Indiana Sheriff's Department. Official sheriff pages also use related wording such as Harrison County Correctional Facility in correctional-service contexts, but Harrison County Jail is the primary public-facing facility name for custody lookup. The jail is in Corydon and is the confirmed local detention facility physically located in Harrison County. No official IDOC adult prison, BOP institution, ICE detention facility, or separate municipal jail was verified in the county from the official facility listings reviewed.

The jail holds people arrested by sheriff's deputies, local police, state police, or other authorized agencies when they are booked locally. It also holds local sentenced inmates, people awaiting court action, people awaiting transfer, and approved work-release participants. The official jail overview lists one Jail Commander, three Lieutenants, three Sergeants, three Corporals, 20 Officers, one Registered Nurse, and kitchen staffing of three full-time and one part-time staff member. After a state-prison sentence, custody shifts to the Indiana Department of Correction, so the county jail no longer controls state-prison visitation, mail, or money rules.

The sheriff's jail information page is the source for the facility capacity and bed-layout details.

That official page supports the key distinction on this facility page: Harrison County Jail is the local jail, not the statewide prison system.

Harrison County Jail Capacity

Harrison County Jail has a confirmed rated capacity of 213 beds after bunks were added in 2020. The same sheriff page says the facility's prior capacity was 175, and that the expansion responded to an increasing inmate population and the need to keep security as a priority. The official bed mix includes 198 general-population beds, 14 fixed intake-holding beds, one padded cell, one medical isolation cell, and one large intake holding cell for intoxicated or overflow inmates. Of the full rated capacity, 38 beds may be used for the female population.

Lookup Harrison County Jail Custody

No official Harrison County online jail roster was located on the sheriff or county IN.gov pages, and Harrison County was not listed as a participating county in the Indiana County Jail Public Portal during inspection. For a recent arrest, the most practical route is the jail phone line. After that, use Indiana SAVIN or VINELink for custody status and notifications, MyCase for court records after charges are filed, and a written APRA request for jail records that are not posted online.

1. Call Harrison County Jail at (812) 738-2195 for immediate custody, bond, release, or transfer questions.
2. Search Indiana SAVIN or VINELink by offender name, case or cause number, or offender ID for custody status and notification options.
3. Search MyCase after filing to find the court case, charges, hearings, bond orders, and disposition entries.
4. For older or missing jail records, send a written APRA request to the sheriff or jail with name, date of birth, booking date, and case number if known.
5. Use the IDOC locator, BOP inmate locator, or ICE ODLS only when the person is no longer a local county-jail lookup.

Harrison County Jail Contact

The same Corydon address is used for the Harrison County Indiana Sheriff's Department and the jail. The official sheriff pages list the department as a public service organization providing civil, corrections, and law-enforcement services, with more than sixty employees across jail, communications, civil, administrative, and criminal divisions. Administrative office hours found in the official and local source context are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, but separate jail lobby hours were not located on the jail-information page.

For a public-record request, include the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest or booking date, case or cause number if known, the specific record requested, and contact details for delivery. IC 5-14-3-5 covers core jailed-person information, but exempt records may be redacted or withheld.

Visiting Harrison County Jail

Harrison County Jail visitation is handled through Securus Technologies. Visitors must create a Securus account and provide two profile pictures, one face photo and one valid photo ID. The official visitation page says the photos must be clear and the ID information must be visible. Visits must be scheduled 24 hours ahead, officers generally approve visits manually once every 24 hours, and the Securus system controls available times. The jail says those times cannot be changed locally.

The sheriff's inmate visitation page documents the Securus account and approval process.

The screenshot matches the facility-specific visit process, including photo ID requirements and the one free weekly lobby visit.

Harrison County Jail Mail and Money

Inmates may receive mail while incarcerated. The official mail rules say mail is distributed Monday through Saturday. All mail except legal mail is opened and inspected for contraband and security breaches. Legal mail is opened in the inmate's presence. Mail from government officials, courts, attorneys, and public-news-media representatives should be marked privileged when that protection applies.

The sheriff's general services page explains mail inspection, prohibited items, clothing and bedding, and inmate requests.

Those mail rules matter before sending books, letters, cards, clothing, or any package to the jail.

The official pages conflict on the current deposit vendor, with one page listing VendEngine and the jail FAQ listing JailFunds. Both are official sheriff pages and use the same deposit phone number, so confirm the current vendor and inmate number requirements before sending money. Staff do not take or pass messages from family or friends. Three-way calls are not allowed.

Harrison County Jail Intake

Harrison County Jail has dedicated intake infrastructure. The facility has 14 fixed intake-holding beds, a padded cell, a medical isolation cell, and a large intake holding cell for intoxicated or overflow inmates. Phones are located in booking and in cell blocks. The jail's post-booking request system is time-stamped and can be used for medical, attorney, chaplain, special-visit, property-bag, special-phone-call, and other requests.

A typical local path starts with arrest, transport to the jail, identification, property collection, booking record creation, search and contraband screening, medical or mental-health screening when needed, classification, phone access, and then bond or first appearance. The formal court record may come later. Booking charges can differ from prosecutor-filed charges, so custody information and MyCase court records should be compared carefully.

Booking

The jail intake process that creates a custody record after arrest.

Classification

The jail decision about housing, security level, program access, medical isolation, or protective custody.

Detainer or hold

A request or legal authority from another agency that can keep a person in custody after local bond is addressed.

Work release

A court or jail approved status that allows work outside custody under rules and monitoring.

Harrison County Jail Programs

Harrison County Jail has documented medical, education, counseling, religious, recreation, and work-release services. Medical care includes a weekly physician, twice-daily medication distribution, blood sugar and blood pressure checks when needed, ambulance evaluation for emergencies, dental care approximately every six weeks, and weekly mental-health professional visits for inmates who request services or whom staff believe may benefit.

The GED program began through River Valley Resources in 2021, with classes twice per week. Counseling services include weekly Narcotics Anonymous, weekly Alcoholics Anonymous, and a mentoring program offered six days per week for reentry, employment, law-abiding behavior, and breaking cycles of criminal behavior. Religious services include church services, baptisms, chaplain availability for bereavement counseling, Bible study six days per week, and a REC Southern Indiana three-day ministry event.

Recreation and activity options include indoor and outdoor recreation when weather allows, a basketball goal for non-defensive games, a pull-up bar, a library cart, cards, chess, checkers, and word puzzles. Work release uses the outside provider Sheriff Staffing, requires Jail Commander approval, transportation to and from work, a GPS ankle monitor, drug and alcohol screens, and a $10 daily fee to the sheriff. A new law violation revokes the work-release privilege.

Harrison County Jail Accreditation

Harrison County Jail began the American Correctional Association accreditation process in 2012. Staff reviewed and rewrote policies and procedures and implemented documentation for 141 expected practices. In 2014, the jail passed a mock audit with 100% on mandatory expected practices and 94.5% on non-mandatory expected practices. During the June 2014 ACA Initial Audit for Core Standards, the audit team recommended accreditation with 100% on mandatory and 97.8% on non-mandatory expected practices.

The final accreditation hearing took place August 17, 2014, and the official page says the facility received full accreditation under Core Standards with 100% mandatory and 98.9% non-mandatory scores. The sheriff page also says Harrison County Jail was only the second jail in Indiana to receive that distinction. State jail standards still apply, including Indiana county jail rules for administration, services, reporting, inspections, and inmate supervision.