Knox County Jail Roster
The official Knox County inmate roster is exposed through the Knox County Sheriff's Office OCV app and web interface. The Knox County sheriff inmate roster feed is the most detailed official roster source found. It shows current and recent jail entries in a structured feed, and the sheriff website also surfaces Inmate Search as a quick link through the app interface.
The roster is a county jail tool, not a statewide prison database. It can help confirm a person is in Knox County custody or has a recent local booking. It does not prove a person is in Indiana Department of Correction custody, federal custody, immigration custody, or another county jail. Once a person is sentenced to IDOC, the state offender search is the better channel. Federal inmates are searched through the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The roster also is not the full criminal case file. Jail charge text is arrest-side information. Court-filed charges, docket events, hearings, plea, disposition, and sentencing are checked through MyCase and the Knox County Clerk. For the court side after booking, use Knox County arrest records and court charges as the bridge between jail entries and filed charges.
The official sheriff roster feed supplies the local inmate data used by the app interface.
This official feed is the key Knox County jail roster source because it contains structured entries rather than a static department description.
Use the Knox Inmate Roster
The roster is easiest when a full name is known. It can also help when family only knows an arrest date, arresting agency, or likely charge, but the feed should not be treated as a legal status certificate. Booking and release timing can change quickly. A person may be moved, released, held for another county, or transferred to state or federal custody after the roster entry appears.
- Open the sheriff Inmate Search tool through the Knox County Sheriff's Office app/web interface or the official roster feed.
- Search by name when the app search box is available. Use spelling variants if the first search fails.
- Review the entry title, booking date, age, gender, race, arresting agency, charges, and bond lines.
- Copy the inmate ID if shown. It can help with jail questions, deposits, or communication setup.
- Call the Sheriff's Office at (812) 882-7660 if custody status, release, transport, or classification must be confirmed.
The sheriff app share page at Knox County Sheriff's Office app share link points users to the official app environment.
The app share route is useful because the inmate roster, Most Wanted, Court Case, JailATM, and InmateSales tools are grouped in the same official sheriff app.
Knox County Roster Search Fields
The inmate roster configuration and a live roster entry were reviewed on July 3, 2026. The app configuration indicated search is enabled for the inmate feature. Sorting was not enabled in the current 2025 web configuration, although earlier variants exposed sorting. The important point is practical: search narrows the roster, while each result entry carries the actual booking profile data.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search | Text | Optional | App configuration sets showSearch true; search likely filters names and entry content. |
| Sort | Control | Optional | Current web configuration sets showSort false; older variants exposed sorting. |
| Entry title | Result field | n/a | Inmate name appears as LAST, FIRST MIDDLE. |
| Booking date display | Result field | n/a | Date appears in content as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. |
| Mugshot image | Image | n/a | Small and large image URLs are present when available. |
What Knox Inmate Profiles Show
A Knox County inmate profile is a custody snapshot. It can show why a person was booked and what agency brought the person to jail, but it does not decide guilt. Charge lines may later be amended, reduced, dismissed, or replaced by charges filed in court. Bond amounts may also change after a judicial review.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name / title | Roster entries use LAST, FIRST MIDDLE format. |
| Inmate ID | A numeric ID, useful for custody and vendor questions when shown. |
| Age, race, gender | Basic public identifying fields from the jail entry. |
| Booking Date | Timestamp such as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. |
| Arresting Agency | Examples include Knox County Sheriff, Vincennes Police Department, and Indiana State Police. |
| Charges | Observed examples included domestic battery, operating while intoxicated, probation violation, bond revocation, and failure to appear. |
| Bond / amount | Numeric amounts can appear after charges, including 0.00, 5000.00, 50000.00, and 75000.00 in inspected examples. |
| Mugshot | Small and large image links may be included. |
| Not shown | Full DOB, housing unit, medical flags, attorney, next court date, release date, warrant number, and judge were not shown in the inspected feed. |
Note: A jail roster entry is not a conviction record; use MyCase to confirm court-filed charges and case outcomes.
Knox County Jail Contact
The official sheriff contact data lists one local sheriff and jail contact address for Knox County jail-related questions. No separate official capacity figure or second local jail facility was found in the official source set. For custody, booking, release, attorney visits, and jail process questions, use the sheriff contact channel rather than guessing from a roster entry alone.
Knox County Sheriff's Office / Jail
2375 S. Old Decker Road
Vincennes, IN 47591
(812) 882-7660
Posted business hours: 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. EST, Monday through Friday
Email listed in official contact data: dvantlin@knoxcounty.in.gov
The current sheriff shown in the current app configuration is Doug Vantlin. Older app-manifest variants showed a legacy sheriff name, so current Knox County inmate content should use the current sheriff site and app manifest when naming the office.
Knox County Booking Process
After an arrest, jail staff create a booking record, record identifying information, note the arresting agency, enter charges or holds, and attach bond information when available. The roster may update near the booking time, but it can also lag behind intake, release, transport, court review, or transfer. A person booked on a warrant hold may need action from another court or another county before release can be resolved.
The first public court link may be MyCase. If the arrest leads to a new criminal case, a filed case can show the court, case number, prosecutor charge language, hearing dates, bond events, and future docket entries. If the person was arrested only on an existing warrant, the older case may be the place to look. For custody contact, the jail has the immediate location and release process. For charge disposition, the court record controls.
Knox County Visitation Status
No official Knox County sheriff page with a full posted visitation schedule, dress code, child visitor rules, remote or on-site visit price table, mail scanning policy, or attorney-visit schedule was located in the official web and app sources. Because of that source gap, visitation details should be confirmed with jail staff or the approved vendor before planning a visit.
| Visit Type | Posted Schedule Found | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| Social visit | No official posted schedule found | Call the jail at (812) 882-7660 before arriving. |
| Video visit | No official posted schedule found | Check InmateSales after confirming the inmate is eligible. |
| Attorney visit | No official posted schedule found | Attorneys should call the jail directly for current procedure. |
| Mail or packages | No official full policy found | Confirm rules before sending cash, books, photos, cards, or third-party packages. |
Note: Do not invent visitation times from older sources or private websites; jail schedules can change with staffing, classification, and vendor settings.
Contact Knox County Inmates
The sheriff manifest identifies InmateSales as the inmate communication vendor. That channel may handle phone, video, or messaging access depending on jail settings and inmate classification. Families should first confirm the person is in custody through the roster, copy the inmate ID if shown, then create or use the vendor account.
The InmateSales communication login is the official vendor link surfaced by the sheriff app.
InmateSales access should be confirmed against the inmate's current custody status because a release, transfer, or classification change can affect communication options.
Knox County Commissary Funds
The sheriff app identifies JailATM as the commissary and deposit link. Official county sources did not publish deposit limits, fees, accepted cards, refund rules, or posting times, so users should confirm those details inside JailATM or with jail staff. Do not mail cash unless the jail explicitly authorizes that method.
| Service | Official Link | Use | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissary / deposits | JailATM | Money deposits and commissary-related web deposits | Fees and payment rules must be confirmed with JailATM. |
| Inmate communications | InmateSales | Communication account access | Pricing and availability depend on vendor and jail settings. |
| Inmate roster | Sheriff roster | Public custody entries | Not a communication or deposit system. |
The JailATM deposit portal is the official commissary link found in the sheriff app manifest.
JailATM should be used only after confirming the person is still in Knox County custody and eligible to receive deposits.
State and Federal Inmate Searches
Knox County jail custody is local. A person serving an Indiana prison sentence should be searched through the Indiana Department of Correction offender search, not the county roster. A person in federal custody should be searched through the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. The sheriff app also links to the official Indiana sex and violent offender registry for registry records, which are separate from current jail custody.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is the right source for federal custody rather than Knox County jail booking status.
The federal locator helps avoid confusing a county booking record with a federal sentence or federal detention status.
Public-record requests for jail administrative records may be made under Indiana's Access to Public Records Act, but jail security, medical, juvenile, and investigatory information can be withheld. Ask for the specific disclosable record, provide a name and date range, and expect redactions when the law requires them.