Search Miami County Detention Facility Inmates

Miami County Jail Overview

Miami County Detention Facility, also labeled Miami County Jail in county visitation material, is operated by the Miami County Sheriff's Office. The jail is the local detention point for pretrial detainees, people held on Miami County warrants, people serving local jail sentences, and people with holds that keep them in sheriff custody. It is not the state prison in Bunker Hill. Sentenced Indiana Department of Correction prisoners are searched through IDOC, while Miami County jail inmates are searched through the county jail portal and jail staff.

The official Miami County Detention Facility page says the current building opened in 2010 after planning by state and local officials. The county describes the facility as built to meet local law-enforcement needs, follow state and federal requirements, and use public resources in an efficient way. The jail is on the same campus as the sheriff's office, which keeps the custody, patrol, and administrative contact points tied to the same address.

The official county detention source documents the 2010 opening and the rated jail capacity.

That county source is the best place to confirm whether a facility notice, bond link, or detention-office instruction has changed before acting on old jail information.

Miami County Jail Capacity

The strongest official population figure for Miami County Detention Facility is capacity, not a daily live head count. The county detention page lists capacity for 244 inmates. Research did not locate a static Miami County daily population report, an average daily population report, or annual booking totals from the sheriff's office. The INjail Public Access portal is the current roster path, but its protected live search should not be converted into an official average or occupancy rate.

IDOC's April 2026 offender population report listed a small separate category of county-jail back-ups for Miami County: 9 male and 0 female IDOC-committed offenders. That figure is not the total Miami County jail population. It counts people committed to IDOC but still housed in county jail while waiting for transfer. For ordinary public searches, the current Miami County jail population is published through INjail records rather than a fixed county count.

Lookup Miami County Jail Inmates

Current Miami County jail custody is searched through INjail Public Access, the Indiana County Jail Public Portal. Use that system for people held at Miami County Detention Facility before trial, after a local arrest, on a local warrant, or while serving a county jail sentence. Do not use INjail as the main lookup for a person who has already been sent to state prison. After a person is committed to IDOC, the statewide IDOC incarcerated database search is the better source.

The INjail search form supports last name, first name, birth date, county, booked-between dates, and released-between dates. A county filter helps reduce false matches from other Indiana counties. Result rows may show name, age, race, sex, booked-on date, released-on date, and county. The detail view is structured to show booking, arrest, demographic, hold, case, and photo fields when the data is public and supplied.

1. Open INjail Public Access and choose Search or the county route for current county inmates.
2. Enter a last name and add first name, birth date, or Miami County filtering when known.
3. Review result rows for booked-on date, release date, sex, race, age, and county.
4. Use the View action to inspect the detail panel for booking number, arrest date, holds, cases, and release status.
5. If the person is not listed, call the jail or check IDOC, BOP, ICE ODLS, or Indiana SAVIN based on the custody issue.

The official INjail search form is the roster path used before calling the jail for a missing, very new, transferred, or restricted record.

The form is useful because it can search recent bookings and releases, but a failed search does not prove the person is free from custody.

Miami County Jail Contact

Use the sheriff and jail administrative line for custody questions, jail records routing, visitation questions, or instructions that are not clear online. The sheriff's office also lists Central Dispatch for 24-hour officer routing. Dispatch is not a routine records desk, so use the administrative office for non-emergency jail and records questions during posted business hours when possible.

The official Miami County Sheriff's Office source confirms Sheriff Timothy S. Hunter, the jail address, the administrative office and jail phone, Central Dispatch, fax lines, and office hours.

Use that contact block when an online jail record is missing, a mail rule needs confirmation, or a visitor needs current entry instructions.

Miami County Jail Visits

Miami County publishes a specific jail visitation schedule. Each inmate is eligible for one 20-minute visit per week. Visitors over age 18 need valid photo identification and must be on the inmate's visitor list. Visitors under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. A person who served time in the Miami County jail during the last 60 days cannot visit unless visiting a parent, sibling, spouse, or child. Misconduct can revoke visiting privileges for an undetermined time.

The official jail visitation schedule also lists the commissary, phone, chirping, visitation, and mail links used by families.

Check the county visitation page before travel because visitor approval, schedule limits, and vendor links are practical rules, not just background information.

Miami County Jail Mail and Money

Miami County's jail visitation page names Access Corrections for commissary and InmateSales.com for phone, chirping, and visitation services. The county detention page also links a GovPay remote bond path for debit or credit card bond payment. The research did not locate a posted Miami County fee schedule for deposits, a kiosk rule, or a bond convenience-fee table, so payment costs and limits should be confirmed inside the vendor flow or with jail staff.

Mail needs more caution. The county visitation page references a sheriff's directive titled "Process of Incoming/Outgoing Mail," effective November 27, 2017, but the directive text was not captured in the research. Use the jail address only after confirming the inmate name and booking format. Do not assume books, photos, cards, packages, or third-party shipments are allowed unless the current directive or jail staff confirms it.

Miami County Booking Intake

Miami County did not publish a detailed intake procedure in the official jail pages reviewed. The local pathway starts when a person is arrested by the sheriff's office, Peru Police, another local agency, or on a warrant and is transported to Miami County Detention Facility unless medical care, another agency, or a different custody authority changes the route. Typical jail intake can include identity checks, property inventory, safety search, medical and mental-health screening, fingerprints, booking photo, booking number, arresting agency entry, classification, and housing assignment.

The INjail profile fields line up with that process. The public record may show booking number, booked-on date, arrest date, arresting agency, arresting officer, holds, cases, and release date. A very new arrest may not appear right away because intake paperwork, identity review, medical clearance, or portal updates can take time. Jail booking data is a custody record. It is not the same as the final court charge, and it is not proof of conviction.

Booking

The administrative jail record created after arrest and intake.

Hold

A separate custody reason, such as another warrant, DOC matter, probation issue, federal hold, or ICE detainer.

Classification

The jail's custody and housing assessment after intake.

About Miami County Detention Facility

The Miami County jail page has a narrower public footprint than the state prison page. Official county sources confirm the facility's 2010 opening, 244-inmate capacity, sheriff operation, visitation schedule, visitor-list rule, one weekly 20-minute visit rule, former-inmate visitor restriction, and vendor paths for commissary, phone, chirping, visitation, and remote bond. The sources reviewed did not publish local GED programs, work release details, a medical vendor, grievance steps, religious-service rules, or a jail accreditation statement.

For custody searches, distinguish Miami County Detention Facility from Miami Correctional Facility. A person held locally after arrest belongs in the INjail and sheriff workflow. A person sentenced to an Indiana prison term may move to IDOC and should be searched in the state locator. A federal or immigration hold can add another lookup path, such as BOP or ICE ODLS, even if the arrest began in Miami County.