Access the Highland Jail Roster

The Highland jail roster is maintained by the Lake County Sheriff's Office at the county jail in Crown Point, where every arrest made by Highland Police Department is booked and processed. Highland operates no city jail of its own. When Highland officers take someone into custody, that person goes to the Lake County Jail at 2293 N. Main Street, Crown Point, IN 46307. You can search the current inmate roster for free through the Lake County Sheriff's online search tools or the statewide INjail portal.

Highland Police Department

The Highland Police Department provides law enforcement for the town of Highland in Lake County. Officers work around the clock and handle a full range of calls, from traffic enforcement to criminal investigations. The non-emergency line is 219-838-3184 and is available at any hour for situations that are not life-threatening.

Highland is a town in the northwest corner of Indiana, located between Hammond, Griffith, and Munster. When Highland officers arrest someone, the individual is not held locally. The person is transported to the Lake County Jail in Crown Point for booking, which is the central detention facility for the entire county. No town or city in Lake County maintains its own separate jail for general inmate custody. This means all jail roster data for Highland arrests is found within the Lake County Sheriff's system, not at the Highland Police station. To look up anyone arrested in Highland, start with the county inmate search.

For general police matters or records requests, contact the Highland Police Department directly. For all booking and custody inquiries after an arrest, the Lake County Sheriff's Office is the correct contact.

Highland Inmate Search at Lake County Jail

The Lake County Sheriff's Office operates two online inmate search tools for the Crown Point facility. The main search is hosted at lakecountysheriff.com. A second tool is at lcso.org/inmate-search. Both access the same live booking database and cover all agencies in Lake County, including the Highland Police Department. Search by name to pull up current booking data that includes charges filed, bond amounts, and booking dates.

The VINE state selection page shown below, from VINELink.com, is the starting point for setting up custody notifications for an inmate at the Lake County Jail following a Highland arrest.

Source: VINE State Selection

After selecting Indiana on the VINE site, you can register for alerts tied to a specific inmate at Lake County Jail and receive notifications when their status changes.

To speak with someone at the Lake County Sheriff's Office, call the administrative line at 219-755-3400. The jail booking desk at 219-648-6300 handles specific booking questions. The statewide INjail portal at public.indianajail.gov also covers the Lake County Jail and is a good secondary option when the county site is not responding or when you want to check multiple counties in one search.

VINE Victim Notification

VINE, which stands for Victim Information and Notification Everyday, is a free service that monitors inmates at the Lake County Jail and sends you an alert when their custody status changes. You can register at VINELink.com or by calling 1-866-959-8463. The service runs every day of the year, at any time of day, and is free to use. No special qualifications are required to sign up.

Once you register for a specific person held at the Lake County Jail after a Highland arrest, VINE will notify you whenever that person is released, transferred, or has any recorded change in custody status. You can set up alerts by phone call, text message, or email. This saves you from having to check the Lake County inmate roster repeatedly on your own. For legal professionals, case workers, and family members who need to monitor custody changes after a Highland arrest, VINE is a reliable and convenient tool. Multiple individuals can be tracked under a single VINE account.

Booking Records and Public Access

Booking records at the Lake County Jail are public under IC 5-14-3, Indiana's Access to Public Records Act. When Highland Police arrest someone and the person is booked at the county jail, a booking record is created. That record includes the person's name, date of birth, home address, booking date, charges, bond amount, and the listed arresting agency, which will show as Highland Police Department. You can access these records through the online inmate search at no cost, or request them in writing from the Lake County Sheriff's Office. No court order is required for standard adult booking records.

Indiana Administrative Code at 210 IAC 3-1-6 sets the rules county jails follow when maintaining inmate records. The Lake County Jail is required to meet these standards. They cover how records are created, stored, and made available to the public. For older records on someone who has been released, submit a written request to the Sheriff's Office. The office must respond within a reasonable time. Records tied to juvenile cases or ongoing criminal investigations may be partially withheld under state law.

Additional Resources

If someone arrested in Highland was later convicted and sent to a state prison, they will not appear in the Lake County Jail roster anymore. The Indiana Department of Correction Offender Locator at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov tracks people in IDOC custody, including those in prisons, work release, and community corrections programs. The county jail and IDOC are entirely separate systems. When you can't find someone in the county search, the IDOC locator is the next place to check.

The INjail Public Portal at public.indianajail.gov covers Lake County and most other Indiana counties in one place. It is useful when you are not sure which county may be holding someone, or when you want to confirm booking data without going directly to the county site. Both IDOC and INjail are free and open to the public without registration. For Highland arrests, the Lake County inmate search is where you should start, and INjail is a reliable backup check.

Nearby Cities

Highland shares Lake County with several other towns and cities, all of which send arrests to the Lake County Jail in Crown Point.