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Montgomery County Jail Contact

Sheriff Ryan Needham leads the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff site lists the Sheriff's Office and Jail at 600 Memorial Drive in Crawfordsville, with the main sheriff and jail phone at 765-362-3740, fax 765-362-1587, and non-emergency phone at 765-362-0885. The county department page states that the sheriff maintains the county jail and provides court service. Use this channel for current custody, visitation, bond, and surrender logistics.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office homepage is the official starting point for sheriff and jail contact information.

That contact block is the fallback when a roster page is unavailable, incomplete, or unclear.

Montgomery County Jail Records

The current Montgomery County Jail opened in June 2006 and has 224 beds. The researched facility breakdown lists 130 male beds, 40 female beds, 12 temporary beds, 2 padded detox beds, and 40 work-release beds. The sheriff jail-info page also references temporary, medical, permanent, and anti-self-harm or detox housing. This is local county custody, not state prison custody and not federal Bureau of Prisons custody.

Jail records can overlap with court records, but they are not the same. A jail record may concern booking, custody, bond, release, property, visits, mail, and inmate communications. A court record covers filed charges, hearings, pleas, warrants, sentencing, and probation. If a person is booked locally, the charge or case may later appear in MyCase. If a person has already been sentenced to state prison, the county jail may no longer be the correct search channel.

The Sheriff jail information page provides the researched facility capacity and jail-service rules.

Those facility facts support custody and visitation information, not a claim that every roster field is public online.

Montgomery County Inmate Lookup

The sheriff website has an official "Find an Inmate" page at the Montgomery County jailtracker page. In the accessible research capture, the page exposed only the title and contact footer, with no visible search fields, result columns, or sample inmate profile. The statewide public jail portal was JavaScript-rendered and did not expose county-specific static fields in the research pass. For that reason, inmate lookup details must be described as an availability gap rather than filled with unverified roster features.

1. Open the official sheriff inmate page and check whether the roster interface loads in the browser.
2. If the interface is not visible or does not return a result, call the sheriff and jail line at 765-362-3740.
3. Use a full legal name and date context when asking about custody because common names can overlap.
4. Search MyCase separately for filed charges, hearings, bond orders, and sentencing entries.
5. Use DOC or BOP locator tools only when the person is in state prison or federal custody.

The Sheriff Find an Inmate page exists, but the research did not capture public roster search fields.

That gap is why the jail phone channel remains part of the inmate lookup workflow.

Montgomery County Roster Fields

The research file requires a roster search-field table and profile inventory, but the official public fields were not located in accessible text. The tables below preserve the documented gap. They do not claim that mugshots, booking numbers, charges, bond amounts, housing units, or release dates are available online. If a later visual pass confirms those fields, the page can be updated from that source.

For filed charges and case outcomes, use court records instead of treating an inmate profile as the final legal record. Court entries can show whether a charge was dismissed, amended, pled, tried, sentenced, or later expunged.

Montgomery County Inmate Visitation

Official jail rules state that inmates may receive visitors after being detained for five full days. Inmates may submit visitation sheets with up to five approved adults per month. Visits are first-come, first-served, onsite visits cannot be scheduled ahead, and early check-ins are not allowed. Visitors need state-issued picture ID. Each visit is 20 minutes and can be terminated by jail staff. The jail-info page allows one minor per visitor, while an older county visitation page has stricter minor language, so verify current minor rules by phone before arrival.

Visits must be scheduled or checked in at least 25 minutes before the end of the listed block. Remote video visitation, calls, and messages are through Securus. The sheriff page says an account is required and each scheduled visitation costs the visitor, but the exact video price was not located in official county text.

Montgomery County Inmate Mail

Inmates may send and receive mail during regular postal days and times. The jail prohibits stickers, unknown substances or discoloration, adhesives, powders, glitter, currency, mechanized or battery-operated devices, newspaper or magazine clippings, books or book pages, and printouts of pictures or text. Pictures must be unedited and straight out of camera according to the research notes. The official mailing-address format with inmate booking number was not located, so callers should verify the exact address format before mailing.

Mail rules are separate from court filings and public records. Do not send legal pleadings to a jail address unless counsel or the court directs that route. Court filings go through the Clerk or e-filing process, while inmate personal mail goes through jail mail screening. Prohibited items can be rejected, and rules may change without the court record reflecting the change.

Commissary, Bond, and Securus

The sheriff jail-info page links Access Corrections for online commissary deposits. Clothing and hygiene items cannot be dropped off; extra items must be bought through commissary. Bonds can be paid online through AllPaid. Property release requires the inmate to complete a property release form, and the named person may pick up property Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM with state-issued picture ID. Property from an IDOC transfer must be picked up within 60 days or it will be destroyed.

Medical details are limited but important. Clothing and hygiene are provided. A nurse dispenses medication twice daily, a nurse is available 40 hours per week, and the jail doctor is onsite weekly and on call around the clock. A court order is needed for court dress clothing, which connects the jail process to active court appearances.

Montgomery County Sheriff App

The official Montgomery County Sheriff IN mobile app is listed on Apple App Store and Google Play. Google Play identifies package com.ocv.montgomeryIN, developer OCV, LLC, 1K+ downloads, 4.7 stars from 23 reviews, and an update dated November 25, 2025. Official store text says the app helps residents report crimes, submit tips, use interactive features, and receive public-safety news and information. Apple lists the app as free, Reference category, 13+, and not for emergencies.

The research did not find official app text proving an inmate roster or warrant search feature. A user review mentioned an inmate list, but that is not strong enough to state as an official feature. Use the app for the public-safety and tip functions described by the official listings, and verify inmate information through the sheriff page or jail phone line.

The Apple App Store listing identifies the official Montgomery County Sheriff IN app.

The iOS listing supports the existence of the app, but not a confirmed roster feature.

The Google Play listing provides the Android app details and update information.

The Android listing confirms public-safety app functions while leaving inmate lookup claims unverified.

County Jail vs DOC vs BOP

Montgomery County Jail is for local custody, including pretrial detainees, short-term custody, work-release beds, and local jail functions. Indiana Department of Correction custody is different. A sentenced state-prison inmate should be searched through state DOC resources rather than the county jail. Federal inmates are separate again and are searched through the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, which covers federal inmates from 1982 to present.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is for federal custody, not Montgomery County jail inmates.

That distinction prevents a county jail lookup from being used for people who have moved to state or federal custody.