Pike County Inmate Population Records

Pike County is a small rural county in southwestern Indiana, and its inmate population is held at the jail in Petersburg under the supervision of the Pike County Sheriff's Office. This page covers the search tools available for the Pike County inmate population, the sheriff's office contact details, and what public records you can access under Indiana's records law.

Pike County Sheriff's Office

The Pike County Sheriff's Office is located in Petersburg and manages the county jail. The office processes arrests from throughout Pike County, including Petersburg and the surrounding rural townships. Staff at (812) 354-6024 can answer questions about current custody status and can direct formal records requests to the appropriate division. Pike County is a relatively small jurisdiction, so staff are generally accessible for direct inquiries during regular business hours.

Pike County sits in the southwestern corner of Indiana and is bordered by Daviess, Gibson, Dubois, Warrick, and Posey counties. Petersburg is the county seat and the home of all county court proceedings. The jail handles bookings for local arrests and also processes holds from neighboring counties or for people with multi-county cases. Because Pike County neighbors a number of other active southwestern Indiana counties, cross-county transfers are not unusual. Indiana VINE is the most efficient way to search across all of these at once if you are not certain which county holds the person you need.

Search Pike County Inmate Population Online

Indiana VINE is the primary free tool for searching the Pike County inmate population. Use the Indiana SAVIN offender search to look up a person by name. The system covers all 92 Indiana counties and state prisons at once, returning results that include the holding facility, custody status, and charge category. VINE updates throughout the day, and most recent bookings appear within a few hours of the arrest.

The Indiana County Jail Public Portal at public.indianajail.gov is a second option. This statewide portal aggregates booking data from counties that participate in the system. For Pike County, checking both VINE and the portal covers your online options before you need to pick up the phone. Both are free and work without any login or fee.

If neither online tool returns results, call (812) 354-6024. For a small county jail, direct contact with staff is often the fastest and most accurate approach. Staff have live access to the booking log and can tell you immediately whether someone is in custody, under what charges, and whether any transfers have occurred. This is especially helpful if a booking happened within the past few hours and may not yet appear online.

Indiana SAVIN and Statewide Inmate Resources

Indiana SAVIN at indianasavin.in.gov provides both search and notification services for free. Once you register, the system sends automatic alerts by phone, text, or email whenever a person's custody status changes. This covers releases, transfers from Pike County Jail to an Indiana state facility, and other custody events. The alert service is useful when you need to stay informed about someone's status without logging in to check the portal every day.

For people moved from Pike County to an Indiana state prison, the IDOC Offender Locator is the tool that tracks them going forward. IDOC covers all state-managed prisons and provides current facility placement, projected release dates, and other key details for people serving state sentences. The VINELink national portal connects to the same Indiana data and works as an alternative to the SAVIN interface for both searching and alert registration.

Pike County Inmate Records and Public Access

Indiana's Access to Public Records Act applies to Pike County jail records. Basic booking information, including a person's name, charges, booking date, and custody status, is public. Full APRA rules are available at in.gov/idoa. The Pike County Sheriff must respond to written records requests within seven business days under Indiana law.

Some records are not available to the public. Medical and mental health files, victim identities, and records related to active investigations are protected under state law. Court case records, including filings, plea agreements, and sentencing documents, are held by the Pike Circuit Court clerk and are separate from the jail's booking data. If you need information about what happened in a criminal case after the initial booking, contact the court clerk rather than the sheriff's office. The two offices maintain different records for different purposes.

Indiana county jails follow the standards in 210 IAC 3-1-6, which sets the rules for how county detention facilities maintain and share inmate records. Pike County complies with these requirements. The Indiana Sheriffs Association supports county sheriff offices across the state, including small rural counties like Pike, in maintaining consistent records and access standards.

Cities in Pike County

Pike County includes Petersburg and the town of Winslow. Neither community currently meets the population threshold for a dedicated city page on this site. All jail records for Pike County are held by the county sheriff and accessed through the tools described on this page.

Nearby Counties

Pike County borders five southwestern Indiana counties, each with its own jail and inmate records. Use the links below to navigate to nearby county pages.