This is a private reference site, not a St. Joseph County government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the official jail, sheriff, records, court, DOC, BOP, or ICE contact route that matches the record.
Where to Ask First
Most local jail and booking questions begin with the St. Joseph County Police Department and Sheriff at the Sample Street facility. The research file lists the jail and records contacts below.
St. Joseph County Jail and Sheriff
401 W. Sample St.
South Bend, IN 46601
Jail main line: 574-245-6500
Jail Division: 574-245-6501
Booking Desk: 574-245-6518
Sheriff lobby: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Records Division
401 W. Sample St.
South Bend, IN 46601
Phone: 574-245-6535
Email: records@sjcpd.org
Records hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Use the record type to choose the next place to look. County jail custody, state prison custody, federal custody, immigration detention, and court charges are maintained in different systems.
- For someone in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the St. Joseph County JailTracker roster.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff records request options when a photo is not visible online.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Indiana MyCase.
- For a facility-specific question, use the St. Joseph County Jail, DuComb Center, South Bend Community Re-entry Center, or Thomas N. Frederick Juvenile Justice Center pages linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner or South Bend Community Re-entry Center resident, use the Indiana Department of Correction offender locator.
- For federal custody or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.