Lookup DeKalb County Jail Inmates

DeKalb County Jail Overview

The official DeKalb County Jail page identifies the jail as a DeKalb County Sheriff's Office facility in Auburn and lists the core jail services used by families, attorneys, victims, and records searchers. Sheriff Brady Thomas leads the office, and jail operations fall under the sheriff's chain of command. The facility houses people arrested by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, Auburn Police Department, and other local agencies, along with people held for court, transport, local sentences, or other agency holds. It is not an Indiana Department of Correction prison. Once a person is sentenced and transferred to IDOC, the correct search channel changes to the state locator.

The sheriff's jail page says confinement officers are responsible for respectful treatment, court movement, meals, visits with loved ones and counsel, medical care, programs, and religious access. DeKalb County planning materials add local building context: a county building assessment lists the jail at 27,500 square feet, and county minutes include a history note that the current jail was built in 1984. Those sources also tie jail planning to the separate community corrections and work release discussion, which matters because work release is not the same as ordinary county jail custody.

The official jail page is shown in the screenshot from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office jail information page.

That source is the best starting point for facility rules because it connects the jail address, lobby, visitation, bail, commissary, medical services, programs, PREA, victim notification, transport, and inmate search in one official place.

DeKalb County Jail Capacity

DeKalb County sources give three different population measures, and each answers a different question. The 2026 county space study lists current adult jail capacity at 105 beds. During research in June 2026, the sheriff homepage and roster API showed a live jail count of 95, with the live status varying around that range. A county sheriff department profile states that correction officers and jail administration are responsible for an average of 134 inmates, but that figure is a profile average rather than the live count displayed on the current sheriff site.

Capacity should not be read as a guarantee that a bed is open, and a live count should not be treated as an annual average. The county's planning documents refer to documented overcrowding pressure, which explains why jail space, community corrections, and work release appear together in DeKalb County discussions. For a current custody question, use the roster or call the jail. For a planning or population question, cite the source and date because DeKalb County Jail numbers move as arrests, releases, transfers, and court orders occur.

Search DeKalb County Jail

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office inmate search is the primary roster for current and recently released DeKalb County Jail inmates. It is free and does not require a public account. The search accepts a first name, last name, or booking number, and the advanced filters support booking-number and booking-date searches. Results can be sorted by first name, last name, or booking date, and the detail record is more useful than the results row because it can show charges, bond, housing, booking identifiers, and a booking photo when available.

The screenshot comes from the official sheriff inmate-search page.

The roster image shows why a careful search matters. A name-only search may miss spelling variants, recently released status, or a booking that has not fully posted yet. The sheriff roster FAQ notes that records update as people are booked and released, but there can be a brief delay between custody action and online display.

1. Open the sheriff inmate-search page and search by last name, first name, or booking number.
2. Use booking-date filters if the arrest is recent or the name spelling is uncertain.
3. Sort by booking date when checking new DeKalb County Jail arrests.
4. Open the inmate detail record and compare booking number, age, agency, charges, bond, and housing.
5. If no result appears, call the jail at Ext. 2, check INjail, or use sheriff records for older material.

DeKalb County Jail Contact

Use the jail phone line when a roster result is unclear, when a person was just arrested, when a release may have occurred, or when a hold could prevent release after bond is paid. The lobby is available around the clock for bail and jail services, while sheriff administrative business is handled during weekday office hours. Records questions that are not answered by the roster can go through the sheriff records division, but immediate custody checks should begin with the jail extension.

DeKalb County Jail Visits

DeKalb County Jail visitation is video-only. The sheriff visitation page states that no in-person contact visits are available, no physical items are brought to visits, a valid ID may be required in the lobby, and visitors must check in 10 minutes before the scheduled visit. ICSolutions and The Visitor provide the scheduling and video system for DeKalb County Jail. Visitors register at no cost before taking part in a visit, then choose either onsite video terminals or offsite video from an approved device.

The screenshot is from the sheriff visitation page.

Video rules should be checked before travel because missed check-in, lack of valid ID, device problems, or facility status can block a visit. Professional visitors should confirm attorney or counsel access directly with the jail because the public page gives family video rules more detail than professional visit scheduling.

DeKalb Jail Money

DeKalb County Jail uses a personal trust account for inmate money. The sheriff commissary page says book-in money and later deposits can be used for commissary purchases, phone calls, and tablet services. Commissary can include approved snacks, hygiene products, writing materials, and other allowed items. Deposits are typically available within 24 to 48 hours, transaction fees may apply, and remaining funds are returned to the inmate at release. Deposits are non-refundable while the person remains in custody.

The screenshot is from the official DeKalb County Jail commissary page.

Mail rules were not located in the official DeKalb County jail pages reviewed. Call the jail before sending letters, books, photos, cards, envelopes, or packages because local mail screening rules often control what will be accepted.

DeKalb Jail Booking

A local arrest normally moves through transport to DeKalb County Jail, booking, identity collection, booking photo, medical screening, PREA education, housing classification, and court or bond review. The public roster sample shows the results of that intake work: booking number, inmate ID, name, date of birth, age, sex, race, height, weight, booking date and time, status, facility, housing unit, arresting agency, charges, bond, bond type where shown, and mugshot URL when available. A booking record is a custody record, not the final court judgment.

Bond information should be read with care. The DeKalb bail page says DeKalb County judges set the bail schedule and that some arrests are held without bail before court. Cash bail, own-recognizance release, clerk bond, and surety bond all work differently. A $0 bond field can mean several things, including no bond set, no bond authorized, a hold, or an incomplete update. Paying local bond may still not release a person if another warrant, detainer, sentence hold, court order, federal hold, or immigration issue applies.

Booking

Jail intake after arrest, including identity, custody, charge, photo, and housing record steps.

Hold

A release block from another court, agency, warrant, detainer, or custody authority.

Classification

The jail's housing and supervision assessment after intake.

DOC transfer

Movement to Indiana Department of Correction custody after a state sentence, searched through IDOC rather than the county roster.

About DeKalb County Jail

DeKalb County Jail services include medical care through Quality Correctional Care, PREA reporting, inmate programs, victim notification, transport, commissary, and video visits. Medical intake includes screening for immediate health needs and continuity of care. Routine care can include sick call, medication management, chronic-disease management, emergency response, hospital transport, mental-health assessment, counseling, psychiatric medication management, and crisis intervention. Inmates cannot keep medications in their cells, and outside medication requires medical approval.

Programs documented by the sheriff include GED classes, educational resources through tablets and the law library, life skills training, parenting classes, Moral Reconation Therapy, substance-abuse counseling, mental-health services, anger management, religious services, Bible studies, spiritual counseling, religious materials, interfaith services, and volunteer or community partnerships. The PREA page states a zero-tolerance policy for sexual assault, harassment, and victimization, with reporting through staff, written reports or grievances, hotline, or third-party reports.

Custody can change quickly after booking. The sheriff transport page says deputies move inmates to courts, other jails, IDOC facilities, medical appointments, and out-of-state institutions. For state prison custody, use the IDOC incarcerated locator. For victim release notifications, use Indiana SAVIN or VINELink. For federal prison custody, use the BOP locator, and for immigration custody, use the ICE detainee locator.