Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility Custody Lookup

Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility Overview

Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility is operated by the Indiana Department of Correction, Division of Youth Services. The official page places the facility at 9310 South State Road 67 in Pendleton and describes it as a maximum-security male juvenile facility. The population is adjudicated delinquent male youth from any Indiana county, including youth who may be treated as incarcerated as adults for visitation schedule purposes.

This is not a Madison County Jail page and not an adult-prison page. The Madison County Jail roster is built for local jail custody, while Pendleton Juvenile is a state youth facility with its own visitation schedule, school programming, housing units, and treatment setting. The Madison County Prosecutor's Office notes that Madison County is home to the three Pendleton IDOC facilities, but state youth custody records and facility operations remain with IDOC.

The official IDOC Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility page is the source for the facility-specific page image below.

The facility page is especially useful because it gives the youth-specific visiting schedule and physical-plant description, which should not be borrowed from the adult IDOC prisons or the county jail.

Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility Capacity and Population

The official facility page gives a capacity of 391 beds. Research did not capture a current population count for the juvenile facility from a dated IDOC statistical table, so the capacity should be presented as a sourced facility capacity rather than a current headcount. The population held is male youth in state juvenile correctional custody, not adults awaiting trial in Madison County Jail and not adult male prisoners at Pendleton Correctional Facility or Correctional Industrial Facility.

How to Look Up a Youth at Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility

Use the IDOC incarcerated locator as the state custody starting point, while recognizing that juvenile records can have stronger confidentiality limits than adult jail or adult prison records. The research file directs state-facility lookups to IDOC and notes that the county roster is not the correct tool for the Pendleton IDOC facilities. If a search result is limited, unclear, or unavailable, contact the facility or the appropriate court or agency rather than assuming the youth is not in custody.

1. Start with the IDOC incarcerated locator, not the Madison County Jail Inmate Inquiry.
2. Search by DOC number if known, or use the available name search fields.
3. Confirm the listed facility is Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility or a related youth placement.
4. Use facility contact and IDOC guidance for visitation, mail, phone, and money steps.

Public access rules can differ for juvenile matters. Indiana public-record access generally favors inspection of public records, but the research file specifically flags juvenile matters, sealed or expunged records, medical information, and security-sensitive information as possible limits. For court records, Indiana MyCase and the maintaining court control what is public.

Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility Address and Contact

Use the direct facility contact for youth-facility questions. For the original Madison County arrest or local court filing, the county jail, prosecutor, court, or records office may be the better source depending on the question. Do not use adult prison rules as a shortcut for the juvenile facility.

Visiting Someone at Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility

Visitation at Pendleton Juvenile is youth-specific. Research states that all visitors must register and be approved before scheduling. General population visiting is available on selected weekday evenings, during school hours with preauthorization or counselor approval, and on weekend and state-holiday afternoon blocks. Youth incarcerated as adults have a separate Wednesday and state-holiday morning schedule. IDOC says visitation is open to all students and approved visitors may visit on any regular visitation day and time.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility

The mail format from IDOC is: Offender Full Legal Name, DOC #; Pendleton Juvenile Facility; 9310 South State Road 67; Pendleton, IN 46064. IDOC mail guidance for the Pendleton facilities requires the full legal name and DOC number and says both the envelope and letter should be addressed. The research file notes that incoming and outgoing mail is opened, examined, and read by designated staff.

Phone, video, and money support should follow IDOC support channels and the youth facility's direction. Because this is a juvenile facility, families should confirm what account services are available for the specific youth and whether any special approval, case-team, or facility rule applies. County jail commissary vendors, Madison County work-release deposit listings, and adult-prison assumptions should not be used without confirmation.

Youth Intake and Facility Assignment

Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility is a state youth placement, not a local police booking counter. Youth arrive through juvenile justice or state correctional processes after adjudication or other lawful placement decisions. The facility includes a 48-bed admission and orientation complex, which is separate from the Madison County Jail's adult booking role. For public records, this means the original court process and the state facility placement may be handled by different offices and may be subject to different access limits.

The research file also notes that youth may be treated as "youth incarcerated as adults" for visitation schedule purposes. That phrase should not be read as meaning Pendleton Juvenile is an adult prison. It remains a Division of Youth Services facility with youth-specific school, treatment, recreation, and visitation details.

About Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility

The official page says construction began in 1998 and the facility opened on July 5, 2000. It is on 91 acres near the adult Pendleton correctional facilities. The physical plant is unusually detailed in the research: three 96-bed general population housing complexes, one 48-bed admission/orientation complex, a 48-bed secure housing unit, a services building for medical, food, and laundry functions, special management and behavioral housing, and an administrative building with staff wellness, training, visiting, and staff office areas.

Program space includes Providence Jr./Sr. High School, indoor recreation, and a chapel. Outdoor recreation includes baseball diamonds, volleyball courts, basketball courts, and a quarter-mile walking and running track. The perimeter has a single arched fence and is patrolled around the clock. Programs listed in the research include need-specific youth programs, sex offense treatment, vocational and academic programming, volunteer strategies, recreation, chapel, and reentry-oriented habilitation.