Pulaski County Inmate Population
The local jail population is held at the Pulaski County Jail / Pulaski County Justice Center, operated by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office. The county site links to a Tyler/Public Safety Cloud JailTracker roster for current jail custody. That roster is the first online path for pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, and people physically booked into the jail. Local reporting based on Sheriff Chris Schramm's 2024 statistics said the jail had a daily population of 79 inmates, while the Vera Incarceration Trends county data lists Pulaski total_jail_pop at 83 for 2024.
The Pulaski County inmate population is not the same as every person with a Pulaski County criminal case. A person may be arrested and released before charges appear in court. A sentenced person may move from the county jail to the Indiana Department of Correction locator. A federal sentence points to the Bureau of Prisons, and immigration custody points to ICE. Cass/Pulaski Regional Community Corrections serves work-release and community-corrections clients, but it is not the county jail roster.
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office page is the local source for the jail address, jail phone, sheriff contacts, and county-linked roster path.
The screenshot shows the official county route readers should use before moving to state or federal locator systems.
Pulaski County Jail Statistics
Pulaski County does not publish a current official jail rated-capacity figure in the county or state sources inspected. That gap matters. Capacity claims from unsourced jail-directory pages should not be treated as official. The usable population record is the set of dated figures in the research file: a 2024 sheriff-reported daily population of 79 inmates, Vera's 2024 county jail value of 83, and older Vera values showing a recent decline from the higher counts seen in 2021 and 2022.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Sheriff-reported daily jail population | 79 inmates | WKVI report of 2024 sheriff statistics |
| Vera total_jail_pop | 83 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2024 |
| Official current jail capacity | Not located | County and IDOC sources inspected |
| Pulaski County population estimate | 12,463 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, 2025 estimate |
| Indiana county jail population | 18,373 | Indiana CJI 2025 report, 2024 inspection snapshot |
Pulaski County Inmate Trends
Vera's Pulaski County trend shows the local jail population near 98 in 2021 and 2022, a slight drop in 2023, and a lower 2024 figure. The sheriff-reported daily population of 79 is close to Vera's 2024 value of 83, but the two are not identical measures. Jail counts can vary by source because a single inspection-day count, a daily average, a roster count, and a year-end data file may answer different questions.
| Year | Population / ADP-like Figure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 83 | Vera total_jail_pop; sheriff statistics separately reported 79 daily inmates. |
| 2023 | 95.75 | Vera total_jail_pop. |
| 2022 | 97.75 | Vera total_jail_pop. |
| 2021 | 98 | Vera total_jail_pop. |
| 2020 | 84.5 | Vera total_jail_pop. |
| 2013 | 65 | BJS/PPI local jail average daily population. |
The 2024 sheriff statistics also reported $274,422 in revenue from holding federal and Indiana DOC inmates. That point helps explain why a person in the Pulaski County jail may have a local case, a state correctional hold, or a federal custody link. It does not mean every federal or DOC prisoner from Pulaski County appears on the county jail roster.
Pulaski County Jail Capacity
No official current rated-capacity figure was found for the Pulaski County Jail in the county materials, IDOC pages, or captured state sources. Because of that, the current Pulaski County inmate population should not be described as over capacity from the available research. A secondary inspection-derived source reported 128 beds and 111 people in 2020, but the build instructions require official or high-authority support before using that as a fact.
Statewide context is still useful. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute's 2025 status report said 2024 county jail inspection reports showed 18,373 people in county jails, a statewide 70% capacity rate, 31 jails over 80% capacity, and 8 jails over 100% capacity. Those statewide values frame Indiana jail pressure, but they do not prove the current Pulaski County jail capacity.
Pulaski County Jail Laws
Indiana law makes basic arrest and jail-intake information a public-record topic while still allowing confidential, juvenile, sealed, expunged, victim, protected personal, and investigatory records to be withheld or redacted. Pulaski County also has a written public-access process through Form X, and the county policy lists copy fees and response timing for written requests.
Key Statutes:
IC 5-14-3-3 gives the general right to inspect and copy public agency records unless an exception applies.
IC 5-14-3-5 requires disclosure of specified arrest, summons, and jail or lockup intake information.
IC 36-2-13-12 requires the sheriff to file an annual jail condition report and recommendations.
210 IAC 3 sets county jail standards, including annual reporting on beds, bookings, average daily population, deaths, escapes, services, staffing, and maintenance.
Search Pulaski County Inmates
The official county route is the JailTracker link on the sheriff's page. The direct county-linked roster is hosted by Tyler/Public Safety Cloud at Pulaski County JailTracker. During research, the static page showed a roster shell and the inspected endpoint returned a captcha requirement, so the roster should be treated as useful but not the only access channel.
- Open the sheriff's office page or the direct Pulaski County JailTracker roster.
- Search by last name first, then add a first name if the portal allows it.
- Complete any captcha or reload the app if the Blazor roster shell errors.
- If no record appears, call the jail or check the statewide county-jail portal.
- If the person was sentenced to prison, switch to the IDOC locator.
Pulaski County Roster Fields
The research did not capture live Pulaski inmate rows because the JailTracker app required captcha and did not expose roster data in static HTML. The app model and configuration still show the kind of search controls and display flags the public roster supports. The table below is limited to the inspected Pulaski configuration, not invented sample data.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Likely for name search | The model includes lastNameSearchText and OffenderNameSearch. |
| First Name | Text | Optional / not confirmed | The model includes firstNameSearchText. |
| Captcha | Challenge | Yes before data | The API returned captchaRequired: true. |
| Released Since | Control | Unspecified | The model includes ReleasedSinceValue and FinalReleaseDateTime. |
| Reload | Link/button | Only if app errors | The static shell showed a Blazor reload error control. |
Pulaski County Inmate Records
A Pulaski JailTracker live inmate profile was not captured, so the safest wording is that the roster app supports these fields, while Pulaski's public display could hide some of them. The inspected configuration specifically hid several charge-grid fields, including booking number, jacket number, facility, status, bond fields, offense date, arrest date, court type, and court date in the grid.
| Field / Model Item | What It Shows / Status |
|---|---|
| Name fields | First, middle, and last name fields are supported by the roster model. |
| Image fields | Mugshot image capability exists, but Pulaski public photo display was not confirmed. |
| OriginalBookDateTime | Booking date and time capability exists in the model. |
| ChargeDescription | Charge text capability exists. |
| BondType / BondAmount | Bond fields exist, but the Pulaski grid configuration hides bond fields. |
| OffenderHolds | Hold and sentence details are supported by the model, but display was not confirmed. |
Jail vs State Prison
The Pulaski County jail roster covers local jail custody. The Indiana DOC locator covers sentenced people after transfer to state correctional custody. The difference is practical: a person can disappear from the county roster after sentencing or transfer while still being in custody in another system.
| Question | County Jail | State Prison |
|---|---|---|
| Who is held | Pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, and some holds. | Sentenced state prisoners in IDOC custody. |
| Run by | Pulaski County Sheriff's Office. | Indiana Department of Correction. |
| Lookup tool | County-linked JailTracker roster. | IDOC incarcerated-person locator. |
| Key identifier | Name, booking data, or jail contact. | Name or DOC number. |
State Federal ICE Search
Sentenced Indiana prisoners are searched through the IDOC offender locator page or the direct IDOC locator. Federal sentenced prisoners use the BOP inmate locator, which covers federal inmates from 1982 forward. Immigration custody uses the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, searched by A-number and country of birth or by biographical data. No current BOP prison, ICE detention facility, or IDOC prison was identified inside Pulaski County.
Indiana SAVIN and VINELink Indiana add notification functions rather than replacing the jail roster. They can help track custody-status changes by name, offender identification number, or case/cause number when the underlying record is available.
Pulaski County Facilities
The facility map has two current facility pages. The county jail is the main detention site for Pulaski County inmate lookup. Cass/Pulaski Regional is a community-corrections residential center in Logansport serving Pulaski and Cass counties, so it should not be confused with the county jail roster.
- Pulaski County Jail / Pulaski County Justice Center - sheriff-operated adult county jail for local custody, with JailTracker, phone, and public-records fallback routes.
- Cass/Pulaski Regional Community Corrections Residential Center - work-release and community-corrections residential center with 40 male beds and 12 female beds listed by IDOC.
Pulaski County Records Requests
When the roster fails, does not list a released person, or does not show a booking photo, Pulaski County's Public Access Request Form X is the written fallback. The county policy says requests are made in writing, asks the requester to identify the department or agency, and requires a description of the record sought. Useful details include the person's full name, date of birth if known, booking date, arresting agency, case number, and whether inspection or copies are requested.
The county policy lists copy fees of $0.10 per page and $0.25 for color copies. It also says an in-person request is deemed denied if no response is made within 24 hours, while mail, fax, or email requests are deemed denied if no response is made within 7 days. Those timing rules are response rules, not a guarantee that the record will be produced within that time.
Pulaski Arrest Court Records
Jail booking starts the custody record. The court case begins after the prosecutor files charges, and public cases can be searched through Indiana MyCase. Booking charges and filed charges can differ because the prosecutor may amend, reduce, add, or dismiss charges after review. The Pulaski County court records after jail arrest page covers that pathway in more detail.
Indiana MyCase is the statewide case-search portal for public court records after an arrest.
The case-search portal is separate from the jail roster and should be used for filed charges, court dates, dispositions, and public case events.
Pulaski Arresting Agencies
The sheriff's office is the jail operator, but municipal and state agencies may make arrests that result in booking at the Pulaski County Jail. The Winamac Police Department page lists 251 W Main St., phone 574-946-4800, and after-hours contact through sheriff dispatch at 574-946-6655. Francesville Police lists Town Marshal Doug Lee and non-emergency police issues at 219-567-9521. Neither town published a separate municipal jail roster in the research.
A local police report, an accident report, a jail booking, and a court case are different records. Winamac case reports are requested through Town Hall during normal hours, while jail custody questions go to the Pulaski County Jail and court case questions go to MyCase or the Pulaski County Clerk.
Pulaski County Inmate FAQ
How big is the Pulaski County inmate population?
For 2024, local reporting based on sheriff statistics gave a daily population of 79 inmates, while Vera listed Pulaski total_jail_pop at 83. No official current rated capacity was located.
How do I search Pulaski County inmates?
Start with the county-linked JailTracker roster. If the app fails, requires captcha, or does not show the person, call the jail at 574-946-3753, use Form X for records, or check IDOC, BOP, ICE, SAVIN, and VINELink as the custody type requires.
Are mugshots confirmed online?
The roster app supports image fields, but the research did not confirm live Pulaski booking-photo display. Use the roster first, then the jail phone or public-records request path for a booking photo not visible online.
Does Pulaski County have a sheriff app?
No official Pulaski County, Indiana sheriff or police mobile app was confirmed. Wrong-jurisdiction Pulaski County apps from other states were excluded.