Knox County Inmate Population Snapshot
The Knox County inmate population is centered on the Knox County Jail in Vincennes. The jail is run by the Knox County Sheriff's Office and is the local intake point for arrests made by the sheriff, Vincennes Police Department, Indiana State Police, Vincennes University Police Department, local courts, and some outside agencies. The current roster also shows people held for probation, parole, bond, failure-to-appear, out-of-county, work-release, and community-corrections reasons. Those entries matter because the public jail count is not just a list of new street arrests.
In the June 12, 2026 research snapshot, the official OCV jail feed listed 227 current roster entries. That is a point-in-time Knox County inmate population count from the public feed, not an annual average. A separate Indiana jail-inspection database sourced to Indiana Department of Correction jail inspection records listed the Knox County Jail at 214 beds and 168 inmates in its inspection snapshot. The two figures should be read together with care because they come from different dates and sources.
Knox County Inmate Population Statistics
The most useful Knox County inmate population figures come from the sheriff's official roster feed, the jail-inspection database, and older correctional-population references. The official roster is valuable because it shows current public entries with name, inmate ID, age, race code, gender, booking date, arresting agency, charges, amount fields, and a booking photo. It is also fluid. A person can leave the list after release, transfer, sentencing, or a records update.
| Measure | Figure | Source and Date |
|---|---|---|
| Current roster count | 227 entries | Official OCV inmate feed, inspected June 12, 2026 |
| Male / female roster count | 190 male, 37 female | Official OCV feed field count, June 12, 2026 |
| Race-code count | W 199, B 21, H 7 | Official OCV feed field count, June 12, 2026 |
| Jail capacity | 214 beds | Indiana jail-inspection database sourced to IDOC jail inspection records |
| Inspection-snapshot population | 168 inmates, 78.50% occupancy | Same inspection database search result |
| Older correctional reference | 185 local population | Prisoners of the Census, December 31, 2013 |
The county-level population context is also local. STATS Indiana lists Knox County with an estimated 2025 population of 35,652, a 2020 population of 36,282, and 516.00 square miles. Those figures help explain the scale of the jail count, but they do not turn the roster snapshot into a published incarceration rate.
Knox County Inmate Population Trends
The public sources found for Knox County do not publish a clean multi-year annual average daily population series. The available trend line is a set of dated snapshots. That is still useful, but it should not be treated as a formal annual jail report. The inspection database listed 168 inmates for its snapshot and no overcrowding flag, while the live June 2026 roster count was higher than the listed bed capacity.
| Date or Year | Population | How to Read It |
|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2013 | 185 | Older local-jail population reference for Knox Co. Jail. |
| Inspection snapshot | 168 | Inspection database lists 214 beds, 78.50% occupancy, compliant yes, overcrowding no. |
| 06/02/2026 | 237 | Sheriff social-search snippet, used cautiously because full source page was not captured. |
| 06/12/2026 | 227 | Roster-derived public feed count from current entries. |
The June 2026 numbers show why the Knox County inmate population must be dated. A live roster count can be affected by weekend holds, court commitments, probation or parole cases, state police arrests, university-police arrests, and out-of-county holds. The roster also includes community-corrections and work-release violation language, so the current count can reflect supervision sanctions as well as new arrests.
Knox County Inmate Population Makeup
The public roster snapshot provides gender and race-code fields, but it does not define the race codes or publish age bands, felony versus misdemeanor splits, pretrial shares, length of stay, or annual bookings. The available field counts are therefore a roster snapshot, not a complete demographic report. They are useful for understanding the visible Knox County inmate population on June 12, 2026.
| Category | Count | Share of 227 Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 190 | 83.7% |
| Female | 37 | 16.3% |
| Race code W | 199 | 87.7% |
| Race code B | 21 | 9.3% |
| Race code H | 7 | 3.1% |
The arresting-agency breakdown is just as important as the demographic fields. Knox County Sheriff entries made up 147 roster records in the snapshot. Vincennes Police Department accounted for 59, Indiana State Police for 15, Vincennes University Police Department for 2, Knox County Superior Court 2 for 2, Sullivan County for 1, and Daviess County Sheriff's Department for 1. That mix shows why a city, university, state, or court-related arrest can still lead to the county jail roster.
Knox County Jail Capacity
The Knox County Jail capacity figure located in the research is 214 beds from the Indiana jail-inspection database. The same database result listed 168 inmates, 78.50% occupancy, inspection compliant yes, overcrowding no, and deaths no for its source snapshot. The live OCV feed on June 12, 2026 listed 227 current entries, which was above the 214-bed inspection capacity figure. That does not by itself prove an official overcrowding finding because the inspection result used its own snapshot and label.
Capacity note: The public roster count exceeded the listed bed figure during the June 12, 2026 research snapshot, but the inspection database also showed no overcrowding flag for its own snapshot.
Knox County Jail Records Law
Indiana law shapes what the public can see about the Knox County inmate population. The jail roster is a local sheriff record, while court filings are governed by court-access rules and the Indiana Judicial Branch's MyCase system. State prison records move to IDOC, and federal or immigration custody leaves the local jail-record system. Those boundaries matter because one person can appear in more than one public system over the life of a case.
Key Indiana rules:
Indiana APRA, IC 5-14-3, generally opens public agency records unless a law, court rule, or exemption limits access.
IC 5-14-3-5 supports access to specified law-enforcement daily log, arrest, and jailed-person information.
210 IAC 3 sets statewide county jail standards for administration, operations, supervision, services, and inspections.
IC 35-38-9-1 governs expungement of qualifying arrest-related records.
APRA does not mean every jail file is posted online in full. The public roster omits date of birth, street address, height, weight, housing unit, court date, release date, medical details, and internal classification. Some investigatory, juvenile, sealed, expunged, medical, victim, witness, and security-sensitive information may be withheld or redacted.
Search Knox County Inmates
The official Knox County Sheriff Inmates route is the main search path for current jail custody. The public route uses the OCV roster platform, and the underlying official feed is the OCV realtime jail-booking feed cited in the statistics table. It is a current roster, not a complete arrest-history database.
The sheriff's public roster page is shown in the screenshot captured from the official source URL. The roster route is the right starting point when the question is whether someone is currently listed in the Knox County Jail.
- Open the sheriff's Inmates feature or the direct roster route.
- Search by last name first because roster titles use LAST, FIRST formatting.
- Add part of the first name or scan by booking date when names are common.
- Open the entry and read the Information and Charges blocks together.
- Use MyCase for prosecutor-filed charges and court events after booking.
- Use SAVIN, IDOC, BOP, or ICE when the person is not listed in current county custody.
Knox County Roster Fields
The Knox County roster search is simple. Research found a search control, sort control, and a public list of inmate entries. The manifest indicated search and sort are enabled, with date-descending sorting and a list limit in the platform configuration. It did not show advanced public filters for housing unit, charge type, court date, release date, or booking number.
| Field or Control | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search | Text | No posted requirement | Searches visible roster text such as names and content. |
| Sort | Sort control | No | Manifest showed sorting enabled and date-descending default. |
| Result list | Paginated list | Not applicable | Entries appear as list or card items. |
| Entry title | Clickable/list item | Not applicable | Name appears in all-caps LAST, FIRST format. |
| Image | Mugshot thumbnail | Not applicable | Inspected entries included small and large photo URLs. |
Knox County Inmate Record Fields
A public Knox County inmate record is useful, but it is not the whole jail file. The visible fields identify the person on the roster, the booking event, the agency connected to the arrest or hold, the booking charge language, and any amount field printed on the charge line. A roster charge is not a conviction. A court case in MyCase may later show different formal charges, amended counts, dismissed counts, bond orders, and court events.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name/title | Public display name in LAST, FIRST format. |
| Inmate ID | Local numeric jail identifier, not an IDOC number. |
| Age | Age in years. Date of birth is not shown publicly. |
| Race and gender | One-letter fields from the public roster. |
| Booking date | Date and time the booking was entered. |
| Arresting agency | Sheriff, city police, state police, university police, court, or outside agency. |
| Charges | Booking, arrest, warrant, hold, violation, or court language. |
| Amount field | Apparent per-charge monetary amount. Call the jail before treating it as total bond. |
| Mugshot | Public booking photo where available in the OCV feed. |
Knox County Jail vs State Prison
The county roster and the Indiana prison locator answer different questions. The Knox County Jail roster is for current local custody, which can include pretrial detainees, short local sentences, warrants, court holds, work-release violations, and other local holds. The Indiana Department of Correction locator is for people in state prison custody after sentencing or transfer. It is not a backup copy of the Knox County roster.
| System | Who It Covers | Where to Search |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Current Knox County Jail custody and local holds. | Sheriff Inmates route and OCV feed. |
| State prison | Sentenced Indiana prisoners after IDOC transfer. | IDOC incarcerated locator. |
| Custody notification | Status and release/transfer alerts. | Indiana SAVIN. |
| Federal prison | Federal inmates from 1982 to present. | BOP inmate locator. |
| Immigration detention | ICE custody or qualifying CBP custody. | ICE ODLS. |
The IDOC locator screenshot in the research manifest comes from the official state prison search source. It belongs to the state-prison part of the Knox County inmate population pathway, not the local jail roster.
Knox County Mugshots and Courts
The Knox County roster publishes booking photos for current entries. Each inspected OCV feed item had an images array with small and large JPG URLs. The roster does not show a separate daily booking-report PDF, prior photo history, or a fixed release-retention window. Booking photos are public on the current roster, but Indiana research did not locate a simple law requiring counties to publish mugshots online.
For court records after a jail arrest, use Indiana MyCase through the sheriff's Court Case link or the public MyCase search page. MyCase is where prosecutor-filed charges, case events, bond orders, hearings, dispositions, and many public documents are searched. The Knox County Clerk is the fallback when documents are not online. Booking photos and court documents answer different questions, so the same arrest often needs both systems.
Knox County Detention Facilities
Knox County has two local corrections entries in the Facility Map. One is the locked county jail. The other is Community Corrections, which is a work-release and supervision office rather than a full-service jail. No IDOC adult prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility was located in Knox County. Vincennes Police Department arrests appear to route to the county jail.
- Knox County Jail is the sheriff-run jail for current local custody, bookings, public roster records, mugshots, and many holds.
- Knox County Community Corrections is a work-release and supervision program at a separate county office; locked custody tied to violations appears on the jail roster.
Knox County Sheriff App
The Knox County IN Sheriff's app is part of the same OCV public-outreach platform used by the sheriff website. The app listings describe crime reporting, tips, interactive features, public safety news, and sheriff-office communication. The site manifest includes Inmate Search, Submit A Tip, Sex Offenders, Most Wanted, Recent News, Commissary, Court Case, Inmate Communication, Incident Report, Crash Report, and Contact Us modules.
Use the Apple App Store listing or Google Play listing when the mobile app is preferred. The research did not confirm an app-only jail roster or warrant lookup. The app should be treated as another official access channel for sheriff tools, not as an emergency reporting system.
Knox County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Knox County inmate population? The June 12, 2026 official OCV roster snapshot listed 227 current entries. The inspection database listed 214 beds and 168 inmates for its own snapshot. Both figures should be dated because roster counts change.
Where is the fastest Knox County inmate search? Start with the official sheriff Inmates route for current jail custody. If the person is sentenced to IDOC, search the state locator instead.
Why is someone arrested by Vincennes Police on the county roster? Local police, state police, university police, courts, and outside agencies can book or hold people at the county jail.
Can a released person disappear from the roster? Yes. The official sources did not publish a release-retention window, and the feed is current-custody oriented.
Does a 0.00 amount mean release is free? No. A 0.00 line may reflect a hold, probation issue, parole issue, bond violation, court order, or nonmonetary release status. Call the jail.
Are mugshots part of the Knox County roster? Yes, inspected current entries included booking photos. Historical photos or removal rules were not posted in a local sheriff policy.
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