Search the Plainfield Jail Roster

The Plainfield jail roster lists people currently held at the Hendricks County Jail at 925 East Main Street, Danville, IN, following an arrest by the Plainfield Police Department or other law enforcement working in the area. Plainfield is the largest town in Hendricks County and sits just west of Indianapolis along I-70. The town does not operate its own jail, and all persons arrested in Plainfield are transported to the county facility in Danville for booking. You can search the current roster for free through the Hendricks County Sheriff's website or the statewide INjail Public Portal.

Plainfield Police Department

The Plainfield Police Department handles all law enforcement for the town. Officers patrol local roads, respond to calls, and make arrests throughout Plainfield. When an officer takes someone into custody, that person is taken to the Hendricks County Jail in Danville. Plainfield does not have a city jail or any local holding facility. All booking, housing, and custody matters go through the Hendricks County Sheriff's Office.

The Hendricks County Sheriff is Jack Sadler, with Chief Deputy Scott Larsen overseeing daily operations. The sheriff's main office is at 189 E Campus Blvd., Danville, IN 46122, and the main line is 317-745-6269. Inmates are held at the separate jail building at 925 East Main Street in Danville. If you need to know whether someone is currently in custody after a Plainfield arrest, the sheriff's office at 317-745-6269 can confirm that. More details on visiting hours, bond procedures, and inmate communication are on the Hendricks County page.

For non-emergency police matters in Plainfield, call the Plainfield Police Department directly at 317-839-8700. For anything related to jail custody, though, the sheriff's office in Danville is the right contact since they manage the facility where all Plainfield inmates are held.

Plainfield Jail Roster Search

The Hendricks County Sheriff's Office provides public inmate search access through its website at co.hendricks.in.us. That page links to current inmate information and gives contact details for the jail division. It is the primary source for Plainfield-area arrest records and is updated as bookings occur throughout the day.

The screenshot below is from the IDOC Offender Locator at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov, a state-level tool that works alongside county jail searches for Plainfield and Hendricks County inmate lookups.

The statewide INjail Public Portal is a dependable alternative. Select Hendricks County from the dropdown to pull current roster data from the county jail. INjail covers participating jails across Indiana and is particularly useful when the county's own site is undergoing maintenance or when you want to confirm results across multiple sources. Both the sheriff's site and INjail are free and require no login.

VINE Victim Notification

VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) tracks custody changes at the Hendricks County Jail and sends alerts whenever an inmate is released, transferred, or has any other status update. The service is free and open to anyone. You do not have to be a crime victim to use it, and no reason is required to sign up. Register at VINELink.com or call 1-866-959-8463 to get started.

Once an inmate is registered in VINE, the system monitors custody status around the clock and contacts you immediately when something changes. Alerts come by phone call or email, depending on your preference. For families in Plainfield waiting on news about a loved one in the Hendricks County Jail, VINE is a practical way to stay informed without calling the jail each day. The VINE phone hotline also allows one-time status checks without any registration, just by providing the inmate's name.

Booking Records and Public Access

Every arrest in Plainfield produces a public booking record at the Hendricks County Jail. Indiana's Access to Public Records Act at IC 5-14-3 makes this information open to the public. A typical booking record includes the person's name, date of birth, booking date, listed charges, bond amount, and booking number. No attorney or court order is needed for basic adult booking data.

Indiana jail regulations at 210 IAC 3-1-6 set the standards for how county jails must keep and share inmate records. The Hendricks County Jail follows these rules. If someone you are searching for has already been released, they may no longer appear in the active roster. In that case, you can submit a written public records request to the Hendricks County Sheriff's Office to get archived booking information. The office must respond within a reasonable timeframe under state law.

Not all records are public. Juvenile records are sealed. Active investigation files may be withheld in part. Sensitive identifiers are excluded from what is shared publicly. For most adult arrests, though, the core booking record is free and accessible through the online tools above. Certified copies or formal court documents require a request to the Hendricks County Clerk of Courts.

Additional Resources

The Indiana Department of Correction Offender Locator is the right tool when someone has been sentenced and moved from the county jail to a state prison or other IDOC facility. If a person is not appearing in the Hendricks County inmate search, checking the IDOC locator next makes sense. It covers all state-operated prisons, work release programs, and community corrections placements in Indiana. The tool is free and does not require any login or registration.

The INjail Public Portal is a statewide inmate search system that covers participating county jails across Indiana. For Plainfield searches, filter by Hendricks County. INjail is especially useful if you are not sure which county someone may have been booked into, or if you want to search several counties without visiting each sheriff's website. Both IDOC and INjail are free, public, and available without any account. No personal information is required to run a search on either platform.

Nearby Cities

Plainfield is in Hendricks County just west of Indianapolis, with several qualifying cities close by in the metro area.