Search the Madison County Inmate Population

Madison County Inmate Population Overview

The Madison County inmate population is split across several systems that serve different legal stages. The Madison County Jail in Anderson is the main local booking and information point for adults arrested in the county. It is run by the Madison County Sheriff's Department and is tied to the public Tyler/New World inmate inquiry. The jail count is not the same as the state prison count. Pre-trial detainees, people serving short local sentences, holds, and transfer cases appear in the county process. Sentenced Indiana prisoners use the Indiana Department of Correction locator after transfer.

The local custody picture is broader than one building. The roster housing filter includes Madison County Correctional Complex, Madison County Detention Center, Department of Corrections, Out to Other Department, and nearby county jails. Madison County is also home to Pendleton Correctional Facility, Correctional Industrial Facility, and Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility. Those three Pendleton facilities are state institutions, not county jail units. That distinction matters because a person may be physically in Madison County but absent from the county jail roster.

Madison County Inmate Population Statistics

The clearest official local capacity figure is the sheriff's stated 207-offender capacity for the Madison County Jail. On June 12, 2026, the public inmate inquiry showed 217 roster results. That roster count is a dated public snapshot, not an audited average daily population. It still shows why capacity must be read carefully. WTHR reported that the same 207-bed jail held 227 people on September 13, 2022, and that the sheriff described the jail as often 20 to 50 people over capacity. Indiana Public Radio later reported a planned 525-bed replacement jail approved in September 2024.

Madison County Jail Capacity Trends

Madison County's jail trend is best described as capacity pressure rather than a clean year-by-year average. The sheriff's office gives the fixed local jail capacity. Public records and news sources give dated snapshots. Local reporting then connects those snapshots to the county's decision to build a larger jail. That is a stronger statement than pretending the roster count, a news count, and a state inspection value are the same type of statistic.

Who Makes Up Madison County Jail Custody

Madison County did not publish an official aggregate jail demographic table in the captured sources. The roster does publish person-level fields. A result can show race, gender, date of birth, age, height, weight, custody status, booking date, booking origin, prisoner type, classification, bond, courts, and charges. One inspected profile showed Prisoner Type as Pre-Trial and Classification as Medium. That supports a practical point: the public can read a specific roster profile, but should not infer countywide race, sex, charge-level, or pretrial percentages without an official aggregate report.

• Pre-trial custody: The sample profile confirmed Madison County uses a prisoner type field for people held before final case resolution.
• Local sentences and holds: Booking profiles may show hold language, release to another agency, and court or other-county references.
• Housing facility: The roster filter can point to county, correctional complex, Department of Corrections, or outside-county placements.
• State custody: Sentenced state prisoners at Pendleton facilities are searched through IDOC, not the county jail roster.

Madison County Jail Overcrowding

Overcrowding is a local infrastructure issue in Madison County. The current jail's 207-offender capacity comes from the sheriff's office. WTHR reported in 2022 that the jail held 227 people on one date and that the sheriff said the jail could run 20 to 50 people over capacity on any given day. Indiana Public Radio reported in September 2024 that Madison County approved a construction contract for a new 525-bed jail facility in North Anderson on Broadway, at a final cost of about $100 million and an expected build time of about two years.

The planned jail does not change how to search a current inmate today. The county jail roster and jail phone remain the practical first steps. The project does explain why the Madison County inmate population page needs both numbers and process. Capacity pressure affects housing, transfers, bond decisions, court transport, and the likelihood that a person connected to Madison County may be listed under another housing value.

Laws Governing Madison County Jail Records

Indiana law creates public access rights and limits. The Indiana Access to Public Records Act generally lets the public inspect and copy public records unless an exception applies. Law-enforcement investigatory records, juvenile matters, sealed records, medical information, and security-sensitive details may be withheld or redacted. Jail operations are also governed by 210 IAC 3 County Jail Standards, while court case access follows the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records, Rule 5.

Madison County State Prison Population

Madison County is unusual because three Indiana Department of Correction facilities sit in Pendleton. The Madison County Prosecutor's Office notes that crimes committed by offenders at those IDOC facilities are prosecuted locally. That does not make those prisoners part of the county jail roster. Pendleton Correctional Facility is a level three maximum-security adult male prison with an adjacent minimum-security dormitory. Correctional Industrial Facility is a medium-security adult male prison. Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility is a Division of Youth Services maximum-security male juvenile facility.

The IDOC June 2025 Total Population Summary listed Pendleton Correctional Facility at 1,647 people and 1,801 operational beds. Official IDOC pages list Correctional Industrial Facility as housing more than 1,400 adult males and Pendleton Juvenile as a 391-bed facility. For sentenced prisoners, use the IDOC locator by name or DOC number. For a new Madison County arrest, use the county jail roster first.

How to Search Madison County Inmates

The official Madison County Jail Inmate Inquiry is the first lookup for current county jail and correctional custody. It is hosted by Tyler/New World and showed current roster results with an In Custody field during the June 12, 2026 research review. The roster is useful because it is not just a name list. A profile can show photos, booking history, bond records, court entries, charge rows, booking origin, and whether multiple bookings are attached.

The Madison County roster search screen is the official source for the local jail lookup.

The roster's housing facility filter is especially important in Madison County because it can point to a correctional complex, Department of Corrections, out-to-other-department status, or another county jail.

1. Open the official Madison County Jail Inmate Inquiry rather than a commercial search site.
2. Start with the Name field, and use fewer terms if the spelling may differ.
3. Use Subject Number or Booking Number when a profile, court document, or prior record gives one.
4. Set In Custody or booking date filters when the goal is a current roster result or recent booking.
5. Use Housing Facility to separate the jail, correctional complex, DOC, and outside placement values.
6. Open the person's profile and read each booking, bond, court, and charge row separately.

Madison County Roster Search Fields

The Madison County inmate population lookup can be narrowed in several ways. The official portal did not expose wildcard instructions in accessible text, so a broad name search is the best first step when spelling is uncertain. Booking numbers on inspected profiles used a year-sequence format such as 2026-00002089. Housing Facility is more than a building label. It helps explain why a person connected to Madison County may be held at the Madison County Correctional Complex, listed as Department of Corrections, or marked out to another department.

Past Madison County Inmate Records

Released or historical booking records are harder than current custody lookups. The research did not find a published retention rule for how long released inmates remain visible. The inspected profile did show multiple booking histories and prior photo timestamps, so some prior booking information may remain attached to a public profile. If the person is absent from the roster, the next step is the Records Division rather than guessing from a third-party database.

The Records Division handles public records and case reports at 720 Central Avenue. Requests may be made by fax, email through the sheriff page, or in person during business hours. The sheriff requires the department form, a copy of the requester's state ID, and enough detail to identify the record with reasonable particularity. Helpful details include full name, date of birth if known, booking date, incident date, arresting agency, booking number, and what record is requested.

What Madison County Inmate Records Show

A Madison County inmate record can combine custody, court, charge, bond, and photo details. The public profile inspected in the research showed demographic information, dated photo links, booking history, release fields, prisoner type, classification, total bond and bail amounts, booking origin, bond rows, court rows, and charge rows. That is useful, but it is still a jail record. A jail charge row may use shorthand. The formal court case should be checked in MyCase after the prosecutor files charges.

Madison County Jail vs State Prison

Use the county roster for a recent arrest, pre-trial hold, local sentence, or Madison County correctional placement. Use IDOC for sentenced state prisoners. Use BOP or ICE tools for federal and immigration custody. Indiana SAVIN and VINELink are notification systems, not replacements for the roster or court record. MyCase is the court case search after arrest, not the jail custody roster.

Madison County Detention Facilities

The facility map separates local custody from state custody. The Madison County Jail and Madison County Correctional Complex and Work Release are local channels tied to Madison County arrest, booking, bond, and release workflow. The three Pendleton facilities are IDOC facilities for sentenced adults or adjudicated youth. A good search follows the facility type first.

• Madison County Jail - the main adult county jail and local booking point in Anderson.
• Madison County Correctional Complex and Work Release - local correctional, work-release, overflow, and release workflow facility.
• Pendleton Correctional Facility - IDOC adult male state prison searched through the DOC locator.
• Correctional Industrial Facility - IDOC adult male medium-security prison with work and vocational programs.
• Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility - IDOC Division of Youth Services male juvenile facility.

Madison County Inmate Population FAQ