New Castle Jail Roster and Henry County Inmate Lookup

The New Castle jail roster is maintained by Henry County, not the city of New Castle. New Castle is the county seat of Henry County, and arrests made by New Castle Police go to the Henry County Jail at 127 North 12th Street in New Castle. The Henry County Sheriff's Office operates the jail. You can search for current inmates through the Henry County inmate portal or through the Indiana SAVIN statewide system, which covers county jails and state correctional facilities across Indiana. This page walks through both options.

New Castle Police Department

The New Castle Police Department handles law enforcement within New Castle city limits. Officers patrol the city, respond to calls, and process arrests. The department does not hold inmates. All people taken into custody by New Castle Police are transported to the Henry County Jail, located at 127 North 12th Street in New Castle. That facility is run by the Henry County Sheriff's Office.

Because the Henry County Jail is in New Castle itself, there is no long transport involved. The jail sits within city limits and serves both city and county law enforcement. The Henry County Sheriff's Office and jail page at henrycounty.in.gov/200/Jail covers inmate searches, jail services, visitation policies, and contact information for the jail. This is the first site to check if you need information about someone held in New Castle.

The Henry County jail page also references the Indiana SAVIN system as the recommended tool for searching inmates and offenders. See the next section for details on how to use that system.

New Castle Jail Roster Search

Henry County directs users to the Indiana SAVIN site for inmate and offender searches. According to the county's jail page, the SAVIN system lets you "search the Indiana SAVIN site for offenders in Indiana County Jails or the Indiana Department of Corrections." This is a combined tool that covers both county jails and state prison facilities in one search.

The Indiana IDOC Offender Locator shown below is part of the same statewide system Henry County recommends for New Castle and Henry County area searches. It covers both county jail bookings and state correctional facilities.

Searching by name in the IDOC system will return results for people held at both Henry County Jail and Indiana state facilities. This makes it a useful single search when you are not sure which type of facility someone is in.

You can also use the INjail Public Portal at public.indianajail.gov to search for current inmates at Henry County Jail. This portal is free to use and covers most Indiana counties. Search by first and last name. Results show booking date, charges, and bond information where available. If someone was very recently booked, there may be a short delay before they appear in the online system. In that case, call the Henry County Sheriff's Office directly to confirm custody.

The Henry County jail page at henrycounty.in.gov/200/Jail is the county's own resource page. It links to the SAVIN system and includes contact information for the jail and sheriff's office. Start there if you have questions specific to Henry County.

VINE Victim Notification for Henry County

VINE is a free automated notification service that alerts you when an inmate's custody status changes at Henry County Jail. If someone is released, transferred, or has any update to their custody status, VINE sends a notification to your phone, email, or by text. You register once and the system monitors the jail roster automatically. There is no need to call the jail or check online repeatedly.

To register, visit VINELink.com or call 1-866-959-8463 (1-866-959-VINE). The service is free and open to anyone who needs to track custody status. That includes crime victims, family members, attorneys, and bail bondsmen. You can set up alerts for more than one person at a time and adjust your notification preferences at any point. VINE runs around the clock every day of the year, including holidays.

Booking Records and Public Access in Henry County

Booking records at Henry County Jail are public under Indiana law. The Indiana Access to Public Records Act, IC 5-14-3, gives the public the right to view and copy records held by government agencies, including county jails. A booking record typically contains the person's full name, date of birth, booking date and time, charges, and bond amount set at intake.

Administrative rules at 210 IAC 3-1-6 require county jails to record specific information for each booked person. These rules make sure records are complete and accessible when someone submits a public records request. Henry County Jail follows these state requirements.

If the person you are searching for no longer appears on the active roster, they may have been released or transferred. You can still get their booking record by making a written public records request to the Henry County Sheriff's Office. There is no fee to request the record, though the office may charge a per-page copying fee for printed documents. Certain records tied to active investigations may be partially withheld.

Being on the jail roster is not the same as being convicted. A booking record shows that someone was arrested and processed. For case outcomes, use Indiana's free mycase.in.gov portal to look up criminal case records by name and see how charges were resolved.

Additional Resources

If someone does not appear in the Henry County Jail system, they may have been moved to an Indiana Department of Correction facility. The IDOC offender locator at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov covers people serving sentences at Indiana state prisons, work release centers, and community corrections programs. If an arrest in New Castle resulted in a felony conviction and a state sentence, the person will show in the IDOC system rather than the county roster.

The INjail statewide portal at public.indianajail.gov is a good backup search option. It covers most Indiana counties. If you think someone may have been transferred to a neighboring county such as Delaware, Randolph, Wayne, or Rush, INjail lets you search across counties in one step.

For legal help, Indiana Legal Services has offices throughout the state and serves low-income clients in Henry County. The organization handles a range of civil matters and can sometimes help with jail-related issues like bond hearings or record expungement. Court case records for Henry County are available for free through mycase.in.gov, where you can search by name and track case progress.

Nearby Cities

New Castle is in east-central Indiana. These nearby cities also route arrests through their respective county jails.