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Starke County Jail Overview

The Starke County Sheriff's Office locations page identifies the Starke County Justice Center as the county's administration, judicial, and detention site. The jail is operated by the Starke County Sheriff's Office, with Sheriff Jack Rosa listed by the county government and jail leadership named by the sheriff's jail page as Warden Nathan Caudill and Jail Commander Austin Fletcher. It is not a state prison, federal prison, ICE detention center, or separate city jail. It is the county jail for local custody in and around Knox.

The Justice Center holds local pretrial detainees, people booked after Starke County arrests, people held after warrant arrests, locally sentenced jail inmates, and people under local court holds or program placements. Starke Circuit Court and Knox City Court functions are tied to the same Justice Center campus, but a jail booking is still different from a filed court case. For a current local inmate, the Starke County Justice Center roster is the first place to check. For a sentenced state prisoner, the Indiana Department of Correction locator is the right channel.

The sheriff homepage and jail division pages show the Justice Center as the public point of contact for sheriff and jail operations. The facility also has a close link to the Starke County Regional Therapeutic Community and court services. Those programs affect some inmate placements and treatment pathways, but they do not create a second public detention facility page for Starke County.

The official sheriff homepage includes Justice Center imagery and public contact links for the same campus.

The image is useful as a source cue because it ties the Justice Center name, sheriff office identity, and public phone context to the same official Starke County jail operation.

Starke County Jail Population

The strongest current operating figures for the Starke County Justice Center come from the Starke County Sheriff's Office 2025 Annual Report and Statistics. The report says the Jail Division processed 794 total intakes in 2025 and maintained an average daily population of 65 residents. It also gives average length of stay by arrest level, with 68 days for felony arrests and 29 days for misdemeanor arrests. Those are operating figures, not a live headcount for a specific day.

Capacity needs more caution. Local construction coverage reported the current jail as a 146-bed project replacing an older 63-bed jail. The current county and sheriff pages reviewed for this build did not publish an official present-day rated capacity. For that reason, 146 beds can be described only as construction-era reported capacity, while any current official capacity ratio should wait for a jail condition report, inspection document, or direct sheriff confirmation.

Starke County Inmate Lookup

The official Starke County jail roster is the sheriff-linked Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker roster for Starke County. Use it for current local custody at the Starke County Justice Center. The roster is the correct starting point for someone recently arrested in Starke County, held after an initial hearing, held on a county or local warrant, or serving a local jail sentence. The research found that the roster loads as an app, so a live browser may be needed if a plain text fetch shows only a loading or reload message.

If the roster fails, call the sheriff and jail main line at (574) 772-3771 or use the Justice Center in person. The county sheriff page states the office is open 24 hours. For a court date or filed charge, use Indiana MyCase and the Starke County Clerk instead of treating the jail roster as the final court record. For a person transferred to state prison after sentencing, use the IDOC locator, not JailTracker.

1. Open the official Starke County Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker roster from the sheriff's jail or forms page.
2. Search for the inmate by name and review any matching current custody results.
3. Confirm the person is listed for Starke County Justice Center before relying on the profile.
4. Read the booking details, charge labels, bond or hold status, and release status as jail data, not as final court disposition.
5. If no result appears, call (574) 772-3771, check Indiana SAVIN or VINELink for custody notification, and search IDOC, BOP, or ICE only if the facts point outside local jail custody.

Starke County Jail Contact

The Justice Center contact record is simple and important. The county sheriff page lists Sheriff Jack Rosa at the Justice Center address, gives the same main phone number, and states that the sheriff's office is open 24 hours. The sheriff locations page adds a useful arrival detail: visitor parking is at the main entrance on the west side of the building. That point matters because the campus includes sheriff, detention, and court functions, and not every door is meant for public visitor entry.

For in-person jail business, use the public entrance and visitor parking at the west side main entrance. Do not use the sally port, staff doors, or detention intake areas. For accessibility, evening arrival, or a visit tied to a court appearance, call ahead because the research did not locate a published ADA entrance description, locker rule, public transit route, or visitor ID policy on the Starke sheriff pages.

Starke County Jail Visits

The official Starke visitation instruction sheet routes visit registration and scheduling to the sheriff's visitation PDF. It says visitors may register and schedule at inmatesales.com or call 1-866-340-7879. All visits must be scheduled 24 hours ahead. Video visits are available daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. The PDF does not publish a separate public in-person schedule, cost, duration, visitor limit, dress code, or ID rule.

The sheriff jail page links to the same visitation source, and that page also names the jail division leadership.

That jail page is the facility-specific bridge between the roster, the visitation instructions, and the named Starke County jail administrators.

Starke County Jail Mail

The available Starke County research did not locate a final official mail policy, inmate mail address format, commissary vendor, deposit limit, kiosk rule, call rate, or fee schedule for the Justice Center. The safe treatment is to publish only what is documented and mark the rest as a source gap. The jail address can identify the facility, but it should not be converted into an inmate-mail format without confirmation that the jail accepts physical mail that way.

Phone and video service facts are also limited. The visitation PDF names inmatesales.com for visit scheduling and gives a phone scheduling number. It does not state call rates, tablet rules, remote visit costs, messaging fees, or deposit fees. Before sending mail or money, confirm the inmate is still at the Starke County Justice Center and ask the jail which vendor, address format, and account number rules apply.

Starke County Jail Intake

Booking at the Starke County Justice Center begins after an arrest, warrant service, or court-ordered hold. The sheriff's own mission material says the sheriff must care for the county jail and prisoners and may take photographs, fingerprints, and other identification data from people taken into custody for felonies or misdemeanors. That supports the local intake steps documented in the research: identity checks, warrant checks, booking entry, safety screening, and assignment to housing or a program pathway.

The 2025 sheriff report gives jail context for intake pressures. It reported 423 warrant checks and 107 warrant arrests, both of which can feed the jail population. It also reported a second safety cell added in 2025 because mental-health crises were becoming more frequent. A safety cell is a controlled jail space used when a person in acute distress needs closer observation and protection. The annual report also describes a new onboarding program for Justice Center personnel, with chain-of-command engagement and training before staff take on daily responsibilities.

After intake, the jail roster may show a person as currently held, but the formal court path is separate. The prosecutor may file charges that differ from the arrest label. Indiana MyCase and the Starke County Clerk are the court-record channels once a case is filed. If the person is later sentenced to IDOC, county custody ends and the IDOC offender locator becomes the better search tool.

Starke County Jail Programs

The Justice Center has more program detail than many small county jails. The official court page describes the Starke County Regional Therapeutic Community as a DOC-operated Therapeutic Community outside prison walls. The court says Indiana judges can recommend certain convicted felons for Purposeful Incarceration in that setting. The treatment program lasts 8 to 12 months and can include therapeutic counseling, High School Equivalency Diploma classes, community service projects, and Community F.A.R.M. produce work for local food pantries and nursing homes.

Community Corrections is related but separate. The county describes Starke County Community Corrections as a court-ordered alternative to state incarceration that uses evidence-based programs and GPS electronic monitoring. Its office is not a jail roster facility, and it should not be treated as a second detention page. Still, it matters to the Justice Center because local pretrial reform, treatment conditions, home detention, and program placements can affect how many people remain in jail and who moves into supervised community settings.

Pretrial detainee

A person held in jail while a case is pending and before final conviction or sentencing.

Detainer or hold

A custody notice from another court or agency that can delay release even after local bond is addressed.

Classification

The jail's assessment for housing, supervision level, safety needs, and possible program placement.

IDOC

The Indiana Department of Correction, the state system for sentenced prison custody and some specialized programs.

About Starke County Justice Center

The current Justice Center replaced an older jail across from the courthouse. Local construction reporting described the newer sheriff's department and detention center as a 146-bed project that replaced a 63-bed facility opened in 1976. The county's current official pages reviewed for this build did not repeat the current rated capacity, so population discussion should rely on the 2025 sheriff operating figures and mark capacity as unconfirmed unless a current official jail-condition record is obtained.

The Justice Center also reflects Starke County's court and treatment model. The same State Road 8 campus ties together the county jail, sheriff's office, courtrooms, and certain court-linked programs. That makes the facility the right local contact for current jail custody, but not the sole source for every record. Jail status comes from the roster and jail staff. Formal case details come from MyCase or the clerk. State prison custody comes from IDOC. Federal and immigration custody use BOP and ICE systems.