Kosciusko County Jail Overview
Kosciusko County Jail is operated by the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office at the sheriff complex in Warsaw. It is the primary local detention facility for people arrested in Kosciusko County, people awaiting court action, people serving local jail sentences, and people held on warrants, holds, or court orders. No separate official city jail, regional jail, state prison, BOP institution, or ICE facility physically located in Kosciusko County was found in the facility map research.
The sheriff's official history page says the 2003 project created a 294-bed jail and new sheriff's office from the existing structure after overcrowding and conditions at the 1982 facility became legal issues. Later search-result material referenced other capacity numbers, but the clean official sheriff history page is the source used here for the 294-bed figure. The official public pages did not publish a current daily population dashboard, annual booking count, public pod map, or current average daily population.
The sheriff home page is the local source for the agency identity and inmate-information phone fallback: Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff page connects the jail to local custody lookup, emergency and non-emergency routing, and the broader sheriff's office that operates the confinement division.
Kosciusko County Jail Capacity and Population
The strongest sourced facility number is the 294-bed jail described on the official sheriff history page for the 2003 construction project. The same history narrative explains that the older jail had outgrown intended capacity and that before the modern build it was not uncommon to have 130 inmates housed in the jail on a given day, including some sleeping on the indoor gymnasium floor. That is historical context, not a current population figure.
Kosciusko County's public pages provide useful local scale but not a current jail demographic table. The sheriff about material describes service to more than 75,000 residents across 540 square miles, 1,186 miles of county roads, and 103 lakes. Sentenced state-prison population is tracked separately by IDOC and should not be counted as the county jail's current population.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Kosciusko County Jail
The correct county jail search starts with the sheriff inmate-information page and the linked Kosciusko County InmateInfo portal. The research confirmed the official sheriff link and the county-specific `SiteName=KosciuskoIN` roster URL, but it did not confirm every profile field. Use the online roster as the first step, then use the AIS and Booking phone numbers for missing, urgent, or unclear results.
- Open the sheriff inmate-information page and choose the current inmate list link for Kosciusko County Inmate Info.
- Search by last name. Cached interface evidence indicates that users begin by typing the last name.
- Compare any visible identifiers carefully and do not assume the roster shows every field a court docket would show.
- Call AIS inmate information at 866-322-5857 or Booking at 866-322-5867 if the search fails, the person was just arrested, or release information is time-sensitive.
- Use Indiana MyCase and the Kosciusko County Clerk for filed charges, hearings, dispositions, and official court copies.
State and federal distinction: IDOC, BOP, ICE, and VINE are separate tools. They do not replace the Kosciusko County Jail roster for current local custody.
When the Person Is Not in the County Jail
A no-result search does not always mean there is no record. The person may have been released, not yet processed into the online roster, booked under a spelling variant, moved to another jurisdiction, sentenced to state prison, or held in a federal or immigration system. Sentenced Indiana prisoners should be searched through the IDOC incarcerated search, where a DOC number is different from a county booking number. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through the BOP inmate locator, and immigration detention is searched through the ICE detainee locator.
Indiana VINE/SAVIN is useful for custody-status notifications after a person or case is found, but it is not the same as a certified jail record, court record, or release order. For formal records, Indiana APRA requests follow the agency that holds the record: sheriff records and posted sheriff report fees are separate from clerk court-copy requests, and IDOC offender records use the state corrections records channel.
Kosciusko County Jail Address and Contact
The sheriff contact page lists the sheriff's office address as 221 W Main St, Warsaw, IN 46580, and the main phone as (574) 267-5667. The sheriff home page publishes AIS inmate information at 866-322-5857. The sheriff services page lists Booking at 866-322-5867. Public counter hours, ID rules, payment rules, visitor parking instructions, and ADA entrance details were not located in the official pages reviewed, so call before arriving for any in-person purpose.
Kosciusko County Jail
221 W Main St
Warsaw, IN 46580
Main sheriff: (574) 267-5667
AIS inmate information: 866-322-5857
Booking: 866-322-5867
The official sheriff contact screenshot documents the address and main phone used for local routing: Kosciusko County sheriff contact page.
Use that address for the sheriff and jail complex, while using the separate clerk and prosecutor addresses for court records and charging-authority questions.
Visiting Someone at Kosciusko County Jail
The official inmate-information page calls the service "Remote Inmate Visitation" and links Securus. Visitors must register, be approved, receive or create login credentials, and schedule an appointment online or at the facility at least 24 hours before the visit. Remote visits require a device with a camera and microphone. The page says visits are scheduled Monday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and it also states there is currently no in-person visitation for the public.
| Visit Type | Hours | Rules Captured |
|---|---|---|
| Remote video visitation | Monday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. | Securus; register and be approved; schedule at least 24 hours before the visit; camera and microphone required. |
| Public in-person visitation | Not currently available | The official sheriff inmate-information page says there is currently no in-person visitation for the public. |
| Attorney/professional visitation | Not published in reviewed sources | Call the facility for current professional visit handling. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Kosciusko County Jail
The official Kosciusko pages reviewed did not publish a complete inmate-mail rule, envelope format, commissary vendor, kiosk location, online deposit fee table, money-order policy, or jail phone-rate page. JPay vendor traces existed for Kosciusko facilities, but the research did not treat those as official jail rules because no sheriff page confirmed them as current. Securus is confirmed for remote video visitation, not as a complete phone or deposit rule source.
| Service | Confirmed Detail | What to Verify |
|---|---|---|
| No official mail-format rule was found. | Call before mailing letters, books, photos, or property. | |
| Video visits | Securus remote visitation is confirmed by the sheriff page. | Cost, cancellation, visitor age, ID, and no-show rules were not captured. |
| Phone calls | No current official phone-rate page was located. | Provider, rates, account setup, and tablet calling rules. |
| Money or commissary | No official deposit vendor or fee table was found. | Accepted methods, fees, kiosk availability, and limits. |
Booking and Intake at Kosciusko County Jail
A local booking may follow an arrest by the sheriff, Warsaw Police, town police, Indiana State Police, conservation officers, a warrant, or a court order. The research supports a practical intake description: identity verification, custody paperwork, property handling, search and security screening, booking record creation, and classification. The official confinement page names a Classification Officer, which confirms classification as a visible jail role, but no public housing-unit map or detailed intake manual was located.
Booking is not the same as the filed court case. After arrest, the prosecutor reviews reports and probable-cause material, the court creates a docket when charges are filed, and the clerk maintains official court records. Use the jail roster and AIS for custody, use Indiana MyCase for the public docket, and use the clerk's public-records form for official court-copy requests.
About Kosciusko County Jail
The sheriff history page gives the jail a long local context. Kosciusko County's first sheriff, Isaac Kirkendall, was elected on April 4, 1836, and the first sheriff's office and jail was described as a log cabin believed to have stood where the Old Kosciusko County Court House sits. The modern jail story centers on overcrowding at the older facility and the 2003 construction of the 294-bed jail and new sheriff's office.
The confinement page names Jail Commander Lieutenant Kevin Gelbaugh, Assistant Jail Commander Chad Marsh, Court Liaison Drew Shingler, Classification Officer Kevin Riley, shift sergeants, shift corporals, and confinement officers. The sheriff administration page names Sheriff Jim Smith and Chief Deputy Chris McKeand, and it also lists a Director of Work Release. Community Corrections and Home Detention are official county supervision programs, but the research did not find enough official detail to create them as separate facility pages.
The sheriff history screenshot is the source for the local capacity and jail-development narrative: Kosciusko County sheriff history page.
That historical source supports the capacity discussion, while current custody questions still belong with the roster, AIS number, and booking number.
Before traveling: Confirm custody, remote visit approval, parking, access, and any counter service rules directly with the jail.