Henry County, Indiana Inmate Search

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office operates the county jail and detention center in New Castle. Start your search at the Henry County Sheriff’s Office page, which links to jail division contacts and inmate information. For court case records tied to a booking, Indiana’s statewide MyCase portal at MyCase covers Henry County Circuit and Superior Court filings. The Henry County Office Building is located at 1201 Race Street, New Castle, IN 47362.

Looking for someone booked tonight? See Henry County section 3 — If someone was booked tonight for phone-first contact info.

Searching the Henry County jail roster

If you know the person’s name and want to confirm custody, start with the Henry County Jail Division page on the county’s official site. That page connects to jail staff contacts and inmate inquiry channels. For a date-range-filtered lookup — useful when you know roughly when someone was booked but not their exact booking date — the Jail Division phone is your most reliable tool for narrowing results to a specific window.

1. Go to Henry County Sheriff’s Office and navigate to the Jail Division section.
2. Search by last name first. If the roster returns multiple results, use a booking date range to narrow the list.
3. If the online page does not return a result, call the Jail Division directly — the logistics tip from the county’s own records indicates the Jail Division can be reached at (765) 529-5201. Confirm hours before calling.
4. For court case numbers linked to a booking, run a parallel search on MyCase, Indiana’s statewide court portal covering Henry County’s Circuit and Superior Courts.

Booking records, including booking photos, are public under Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act (Ind. Code § 5-14-3). Henry County’s elected sheriff administers the jail and controls the booking record system.

What the roster does (and doesn’t) show

The Henry County jail roster reflects the most recently updated data pushed from the booking system — the roster does not update in real time, and a booking completed late in the day may not appear until the next refresh cycle. Plan for a lag between physical booking and online visibility, particularly for overnight arrests.

The roster shows adults held in the Henry County Detention Center. It does not display juveniles, people held under sealed orders, or individuals transferred to federal custody. State prisoners serving sentences at New Castle Correctional Facility — a state prison located in Henry County — appear in the Indiana Department of Correction’s own offender search at IDOC Offender Search, not the county jail roster. Those are two separate systems covering two separate populations.

If you’re reading this because someone was just booked tonight, the section below is for you.

If someone was just booked tonight

Your fastest path to custody confirmation is a direct call — the Henry County Jail Division number from county records is (765) 529-5201. That’s a hard night, and the phone is the right move right now. The line is staffed around the clock for custody questions, so calling at midnight gets the same access as calling at noon.

Calling tonight confirms one thing: whether your person is in custody. It won’t tell you the bond amount yet — that’s set at first appearance, which Indiana courts typically schedule within 24 to 72 hours of booking. That part is the waiting part. Ask the jail staff when first appearance is expected so you know when to follow up with the court.

Visitation is not available the night of booking. It’s frustrating, but that’s standard. Visits typically begin the following day, subject to the jail’s posted schedule — check the Henry County Jail Division page for current hours once you’ve confirmed custody.

Tomorrow morning, run the case number through MyCase to see what charges have been filed in Henry County Circuit or Superior Court. If you need an attorney, Indiana’s public defender locator is at Indiana Public Defender Council, and the roll of licensed attorneys is searchable at Indiana Roll of Attorneys. Getting legal counsel lined up before first appearance is worth the effort.

If someone isn’t on the Henry County County roster

• The booking may not yet appear — roster updates lag behind physical bookings, especially for overnight arrests.
• The person may have been transferred to Indiana Department of Correction custody; search the IDOC Offender Search at Indiana DOC Offender / Incarcerated Locator.
• The person may have already been released on bond or on their own recognizance before the roster updated.
• The arrest may have occurred in an adjacent county — Rush, Wayne, Delaware, Madison, or Hancock — and the person is held there.
• The person may be in federal custody, which county rosters never display; federal detainees appear in the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
• Subscribe to custody-status alerts through VINELink at Vinelink, which covers Indiana county jails and sends notifications when custody status changes.

Booking lag is the most common explanation for a missing name. Call the Jail Division at (765) 529-5201 to confirm whether a booking is in process before checking the other paths above.

If you can’t find them in Henry County

A nationwide records search may help surface custody records from other Indiana counties, neighboring states, or federal facilities that Henry County’s local roster cannot display. This third-party database may include jail and prison records across multiple jurisdictions and is a starting point, not a guarantee of completeness.

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Henry County inmate lookup — resource comparison

Related Henry County resources

Henry County arrest records ·
Henry County warrant search

Nearby counties:
Rush County inmate search ·
Wayne County inmate search ·
Delaware County inmate search ·
Hancock County inmate search

Sources

Sources verified 2026-07-26:

• Henry County Sheriff’s Office — Henry County, IN official website
• Henry County Jail Division — Sheriff’s Office & Detention Center
• Indiana Judicial Branch: Henry County — court records portal
• MyCase — Indiana statewide court case search
• Indiana Department of Correction Offender Search
• VINELink — victim notification and custody alert service
• Indiana Public Defender Council
• Indiana Roll of Attorneys

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