Find Inmates in Auburn, Indiana
The Auburn jail roster shows people currently booked into the DeKalb County Jail following an arrest by the Auburn Police Department or other law enforcement working in the city. Auburn serves as the county seat of DeKalb County in northeast Indiana, and all arrests made within city limits feed into the same county jail system. You can search for current inmates through the statewide INjail Public Portal or through the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, both of which provide free public access without any registration requirement.
Auburn Quick Facts
Auburn Police Department
The Auburn Police Department provides law enforcement services throughout the city. Officers handle patrol, traffic enforcement, criminal investigations, and arrests. When Auburn PD takes someone into custody, that person is transported to the DeKalb County Jail for booking. Auburn does not have its own city jail. All persons arrested and held after booking go into the county jail system, which the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office operates.
If you need to reach the Auburn Police Department on a non-emergency matter, you can call 260-925-1212 or contact them through the city's main line. For questions about a specific inmate who was arrested in Auburn, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office is the right point of contact since they control the jail and its records. More details on jail contacts, addresses, and visiting information are on the DeKalb County page.
Auburn PD often works alongside the DeKalb County Sheriff, Indiana State Police, and other agencies on joint operations. For most arrests made in Auburn, the path from arrest to booking to holding all runs through the same county facility, regardless of which agency made the arrest.
Auburn Jail Roster Search
DeKalb County uses the INjail Public Portal as its primary public-facing inmate search tool. You can access it at public.indianajail.gov and select DeKalb County from the county dropdown. The portal shows current inmates held at the DeKalb County Jail, and it is the most straightforward way to search for someone arrested in Auburn. Results generally include the person's name, booking date, and listed charges.
The screenshot below is from the INjail Public Portal at public.indianajail.gov, which covers the DeKalb County Jail and gives Auburn-area searches a reliable statewide search option.
The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office also has information about the jail on its website at dekalb.in.gov/departments/sheriff. If you cannot find someone through INjail, you can call the sheriff's office directly. They can confirm whether someone is currently in custody, and they can tell you about visiting hours, bond procedures, and how to send money to an inmate account.
VINE Victim Notification
VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) is a free, around-the-clock service that tracks custody changes at the DeKalb County Jail. If you need to know when a specific inmate is released, transferred, or has any status update, VINE will notify you by phone or email as soon as it happens. You do not need to be a crime victim to use VINE, and you do not need to explain why you are signing up.
Register at VINELink.com or call 1-866-959-8463. The phone line is available 24 hours a day and does not require an account to check on an inmate by name. VINE receives custody updates from the DeKalb County Jail directly, so its data is generally current. The service covers releases, transfers to other facilities, court transports, and other status changes that affect where an inmate is being held.
For Auburn families trying to stay informed about a loved one in custody, VINE takes away the need to call the jail repeatedly. Set up the alert once and VINE handles the rest.
Booking Records and Public Access
An arrest in Auburn results in a booking record at the DeKalb County Jail. That record is a public document under Indiana's Access to Public Records Act at IC 5-14-3. Basic booking data includes the person's name, date of birth, booking date, charges, bond amount, and booking number. Anyone can request this information. No court order or lawyer is needed for standard adult booking records.
Indiana jail regulations at 210 IAC 3-1-6 set the standards that all county jails must follow when keeping and reporting inmate records. These rules apply to the DeKalb County Jail and help ensure consistency between what you see online and what is in the jail's files. If someone has already been released, archived records may require a written public records request to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office.
Juvenile records are not public. Active investigation records may be restricted. Beyond those limits, most adult booking data is open and costs nothing to access. For certified copies or court case documents, contact the DeKalb County Clerk of Courts.
Additional Resources
The Indiana Department of Correction Offender Locator lets you search for people serving sentences in state prisons and other IDOC facilities. If someone you are looking for is not appearing in the DeKalb County Jail search, they may have already been sentenced and moved to a state facility. The IDOC locator is free, requires no login, and covers all state-run corrections facilities across Indiana.
The INjail Public Portal is the easiest starting point for most Auburn-area searches. It aggregates inmate data from participating county jails across the state, so you can check multiple counties without jumping between separate sheriff's websites. Select DeKalb County to filter results to the Auburn area. Both IDOC and INjail are free public tools available to anyone at any time.
Nearby Cities
Auburn is in DeKalb County in northeast Indiana, within driving distance of Fort Wayne and other qualifying cities in the region.