Union County Jail Roster Overview
The Union County Sheriff's Office is the local jail and inmate contact point. The official county page names Jeff Adams as sheriff and states that the sheriff is responsible for the county jail and inmates of the jail, keeping the peace, serving warrants and civil process documents, collecting delinquent state taxes, and selling foreclosed property. The sheriff's office address is 106 East Union Street, Liberty, Indiana 47353. Emergency calls go to 911, and the non-emergency number is (765) 458-5194.
Research did not locate a Union County-specific online jail roster, booking-search page, inmate profile page, jail visitation page, commissary page, or inmate-money page in official county sources. Because of that gap, the official online fallback is the Indiana County Jail Public Portal, which is linked from the Indiana Judicial Branch public-records page as the offender locator for county jails. The portal can be used for county jail searches, but results should be verified through the sheriff and court records because jail data can lag, omit fields, or differ from filed charges.
The Union County sheriff page is the local source for sheriff and jail responsibility.
That local page confirms sheriff responsibility for the jail but does not publish a separate Union County online roster in the located research.
Use the Union County Inmate Roster
The statewide county jail portal is the best public starting point when no local Union County roster is posted. It accepts name and birth date details and includes a county filter. Select Union County where the portal offers that choice, then compare any result with the sheriff phone line and MyCase. A jail roster may list current or recent custody, while MyCase shows the court case and filed charge record.
- Open the Indiana County Jail Public Portal.
- Enter the last name first. Add the first name and birth date if the name is common.
- Use the county field to narrow the search to Union County when available.
- Review matching results for custody status, booking information, charges, and county jurisdiction where displayed.
- Call the Union County Sheriff's Office at (765) 458-5194 before visiting, sending mail, or making a custody-related payment.
- Search MyCase if the question is about court charges, hearing dates, bond orders, plea, disposition, or sentence.
For arrests that have just occurred, online custody data may not be current. For older cases, the person may have been released, moved to another county, or sentenced to IDOC. If no jail result appears, that does not prove that no arrest occurred or that no court case exists.
Union County Inmate Search Fields
The INjail portal field set is simple. It is designed to narrow county jail custody searches, not to certify a criminal history. Exact spelling helps, but the birth date and county filter are often what separate one person from another. The research captured the portal fields below.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Optional but practical | Search by surname; spelling matters. |
| First Name | Text | Optional | Narrows common names. |
| Birth Date | Date | Optional | Use if known to distinguish identities. |
| County | Dropdown | Optional / strongly recommended | Select Union for Union County jail custody if available. |
| Search | Button | Yes to submit | Runs the public jail search. |
| Counties | Navigation / tab | Optional | Portal includes a counties view. |
The Indiana County Jail Public Portal is the statewide jail-search fallback assigned for Union County inmate lookup.
The portal supports the basic county jail lookup path, while the sheriff remains the source to confirm current local custody.
Union County Inmate Profile Fields
A county jail result can provide useful custody clues, but it is not the final court record. Research captured the profile field inventory below based on the county-jail portal category and official jail-portal purpose. Some fields may not be displayed for Union County, and sensitive fields should not be expected in public view. Formal charges should be checked in MyCase because booking charges can differ from filed charges.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The full name shown by the jail portal. |
| Custody status | Current or recent county-jail custody where displayed. |
| County | The county jail jurisdiction tied to the record. |
| Booking date / time | When the person was booked, if the county provides it. |
| Date of birth or age | Identity information in limited public form where displayed. |
| Charges | Booking charge descriptions that should be verified against filed court charges. |
| Arresting agency | The law-enforcement agency tied to the booking where supplied. |
| Bond | Bond information if set and publicly available. |
| Case or warrant number | Linked court or warrant reference where supplied by county data. |
| Housing location | May not be public for all counties and was not confirmed for Union. |
| Mugshot | Not confirmed for Union through the official portal. |
| Release date | May show if released, but is not guaranteed. |
Redactions are normal. Juvenile data, sealed matters, medical or mental-health flags, protected information, and some identifiers should not be expected in a public inmate profile.
Union County Jail Contact
Because Union County did not publish detailed jail operating pages in the located official sources, the sheriff contact card is a required part of any custody check. Call before visiting, mailing items, asking about bond, or attempting to send money. Staff may limit what they can release by phone, especially for housing, medical, protective-custody, juvenile, or safety details.
Union County Sheriff's Office / County Jail Responsibility
106 East Union Street
Liberty, IN 47353
(765) 458-5194 non-emergency
Emergency: 911
Email: unioncosheriff@frontier.com
Capacity and public lobby hours were not located in official sources.
For court date and bond-record questions, jail staff may not be the official source of the court financial balance. Search MyCase or contact the Union County Clerk when the question is about filed charges, hearings, court orders, fines, fees, or sentence.
Union County Booking and Charges
Booking is the jail event after an arrest. It can include identity intake, custody status, booking time, suspected offense, bond information, and agency details where public. The court case is separate. After the arrest, the Union County Prosecutor decides what charge or charges to file. The filed counts then appear in the court record if public. That is why a Union County inmate search should not be treated as the same thing as a full criminal case search.
A person can appear in jail data before a court case is easy to locate. A person can also have a court case after release from jail. Charge descriptions can change when the prosecutor files, amends, reduces, or dismisses counts. For the arrest-to-charge path, compare inmate data with Union County court charges and the criminal case record rather than relying on one source.
- Booking charge
- A custody-side offense label that may reflect the arrest or intake record.
- Filed charge
- The formal count filed by the prosecutor in court.
- Disposition
- The outcome of a charge, such as conviction, dismissal, or other final court action.
Union County Jail vs IDOC
The Indiana Department of Correction locator is not a county jail roster. It is the state prison lookup for people who have been sentenced to IDOC custody, moved from county jail to a state facility, or assigned a DOC number. Use the county jail portal and sheriff for current Union County jail custody. Use IDOC when the person is no longer housed locally or when a DOC number is known.
IDOC search fields include last name, first name, and DOC number. Results can show name, DOC number, demographic identifiers, facility assignment or status, and sentencing or case details where public. The IDOC offender locator page routes users to the state incarcerated-person search and DOC-number lookup.
The IDOC incarcerated-person search is the state-prison source.
IDOC is useful after a Union County case results in state custody, but it should not replace a county jail search for pretrial detention.
- INjail county portal
- Best for current or recent county jail custody. Search by last name, first name, birth date, and county.
- IDOC locator
- Best for state prison custody or DOC-number searches. Search by last name, first name, or DOC number.
- MyCase
- Best for filed charges, hearings, bond orders, disposition, and sentence. Search by case number, party name, county, court, or case type.
Union County Visitation and Mail
Official Union County sources did not locate a jail visitation schedule, visitor ID rule, dress code, child visitor rule, video-visitation vendor, mail format, commissary vendor, inmate-money vendor, phone provider, tablet program, or pricing schedule. Those gaps should be handled plainly. Call the sheriff before visiting or sending anything. Do not assume that state prison rules, another county's jail rules, or a vendor site applies to Union County jail.
| Topic | Official Union County Detail Located | Use This Treatment |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not located | Call the sheriff before visiting. |
| Video visitation | Not located | Do not name a vendor without official confirmation. |
| Visitor ID | Not located | ID may be required; confirm with the sheriff. |
| Dress code | Not located | Do not invent clothing rules; call first. |
| Child visitors | Not located | Confirm child visitor rules with the sheriff. |
| Attorney visitation | Not located | Attorneys should contact the sheriff or court directly. |
| Mail address format | Not located | Do not send mail until the format is confirmed. |
| Money deposits / commissary | Not located | Call the sheriff; do not assume a vendor. |
| Phone calls | Not located | Ask the sheriff about phone access and provider rules. |
If the person has moved to IDOC, state prison communication rules are separate. IDOC has its own visitation, phone, mail, digital correspondence, commissary, money-account, video-visit, and tablet systems. Those rules apply to state correctional facilities, not automatically to the Union County jail.
Union County Registry Searches
The Union County Sheriff page links to a search for registered sex and violent offenders. The IDOC registry hub says the registry is meant to inform the public about the identity, location, and appearance of sex and violent offenders who live, work, or study in Indiana. This is not the same as a jail roster. A registry result can remain relevant after release from custody and may include address, offense, status, and photo information where public.
The IDOC Sex and Violent Offender Registry hub provides the official state registry context.
Use the registry for registration status, not for deciding whether a person is currently in Union County jail.
Note: No official Union County sheriff mobile app, Liberty Police app, or app-only inmate lookup was located in the assigned official research.
Union County Inmate Records Requests
When the online jail portal does not answer the question, Union County's public-records request process is the fallback. The county tells requesters to direct the request to the elected official or department head responsible for the record and to make the request specific and clear. For inmate, booking, jail, warrant-service, or sheriff arrest records, the sheriff is the right local office. For filed charges, hearing dates, court orders, and sentencing, the Clerk and MyCase are the right path.
A useful request gives the person's name, date of birth if known, date range, record type, incident or case number if known, requester contact information, and the copy type needed. Union County warns that reproduction costs may apply and that broad requests may require inspection rather than staff research. Medical, mental-health, juvenile, protective-custody, and safety-sensitive jail details may not be released publicly.
The IDOC offender locator page also documents state prisoner lookup routing.
That state routing helps when a person is no longer in Union County jail and has entered the state correctional system.