Posey County Jail Overview
Posey County Sheriff's Office operates Posey County Jail / Confinement Center as the county jail for Mount Vernon and the rest of Posey County. The official sheriff page uses the jail/confinement center name, places the sheriff's office and jail at the same O'Donnell Road campus, and states that sheriff responsibilities include jail and confinement, court security, civil process, state-law enforcement, and county-ordinance enforcement. The office leadership listed in the research is Sheriff Tom Latham and Chief Deputy Jeremy Fortune.
The facility type matters for inmate lookup. Posey County Jail / Confinement Center is not an Indiana state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center. It is the local jail for Posey County pretrial detainees and local inmates, while public county meeting reports also show IDOC and Vanderburgh County inmates housed in the building under interagency arrangements. A person newly arrested in Posey County should be checked through the jail, not through IDOC or BOP first. Sentenced state prisoners move to the Indiana Department of Correction system after transfer.
Search Posey County Jail Inmates
No public, official, browser-based Posey County jail roster was located in the research. That finding changes the lookup order. The local channels are the jail phone line and the official Posey County Sheriff's Office app, which public app-store materials and local reporting connect to sheriff features and jail-inmate access. Indiana's County Jail Public Portal exists, but inspected data did not show Posey County as an active searchable roster county, so it should not be treated as the Posey County Jail roster.
Use the custody type to choose the next system. Indiana VINELink and Indiana SAVIN are notification and custody-status fallbacks, not a full county booking roster. The IDOC offender locator is for sentenced Indiana prisoners after transfer from county custody. The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 forward, while ICE ODLS is the immigration detainee locator.
- Start with Posey County Jail / Confinement Center if the person was just arrested or is believed to be in local county custody.
- Call the sheriff's office and jail line at (812) 838-1321 and use option 1 for the jail, or check the Posey County Sheriff's Office app if installed.
- If local staff cannot confirm current custody, check Indiana SAVIN or VINELink for custody-status and notification records.
- Search MyCase for court events and charges when the arrest has moved into a criminal case.
- Use IDOC after a state-prison transfer, BOP for federal prison custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
Note: JailATM appears in the research as a resident-service and deposit channel, not as a public Posey County booking roster.
Posey County Jail Contact
The official sheriff page is the main public source for Posey County Jail / Confinement Center contact details. It lists the jail and sheriff's office together at the Mount Vernon address and routes callers through the sheriff's office and jail number. For custody status, visitation approval, mail format, money deposits, or booking-record questions, the jail option is the direct starting point. For administrative records questions, the phone menu also includes an administration option.
Posey County Jail / Confinement Center
1201 O'Donnell Road
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
(812) 838-1321
Use option 1 for jail; option 2 for administration. Public visitation and lobby hours were not published in the official county pages located.
Posey County Jail Population
The Posey County Jail / Confinement Center population is not always the same as the local Posey County inmate count. Public meeting minutes repeatedly split the facility count among Posey County inmates, IDOC inmates, and Vanderburgh County inmates. That means the building can hold local pretrial detainees and local inmates while also housing people for other agencies. The counts below are point-in-time reports from county minutes, not annual averages.
| Date | Total Reported | Breakdown Reported |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2024 | 176 | 92 Posey, 43 DOC, 41 Vanderburgh |
| April 15, 2025 | 114 | 69 Posey, 8 IDOC, 37 Vanderburgh |
| August 19, 2025 | 138 | 101 Posey, 6 DOC, 31 Vanderburgh |
| February 10, 2026 | 99 | 76 Posey, 8 DOC, 15 Vanderburgh |
The rated capacity published by the sheriff's office is 208 inmates. Against that capacity, the May 21, 2024 count was about 84.6 percent full, the April 15, 2025 count was about 54.8 percent full, the August 19, 2025 count was about 66.3 percent full, and the February 10, 2026 count was under half of rated capacity. Because these are meeting-minute snapshots, they should not be read as a real-time jail roster.
Posey County Jail Visiting Rules
Local Posey County Jail visitation rules were not published on the official county pages located in the research. That includes the public schedule, visitor-list process, dress code, child-visitor rules, attorney-visit process, video-visit provider, and holiday or lockdown limits. Do not import rules from unofficial jail directory pages. Call the jail before traveling, and ask whether the person's classification, housing unit, disciplinary status, or transfer status changes visit access.
| Topic | Published Local Finding | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Schedule not published in official pages found. | Call the jail before arrival. |
| Video visits | Provider and schedule not published. | Ask whether a vendor portal or appointment is required. |
| Visitor ID | Local rule not published. | Bring government photo ID unless jail staff gives a different rule. |
| Dress code | Local rule not published. | Confirm by phone before the visit. |
| Attorney visits | Public procedure not published. | Attorneys should contact the jail directly. |
If the person has moved from Posey County Jail / Confinement Center to IDOC custody, county jail visitation rules no longer control. IDOC visitation uses facility approval and scheduling rules, and IDOC states that each facility gives written visitation-procedure information after arrival. Search IDOC first, then follow the rules for the state facility listed in the locator.
Posey County Jail Services
Mail, phone, video, commissary, and money-deposit rules for Posey County Jail / Confinement Center were not published in the official county pages located. The research did find Posey County Sheriff's Office in the official JailATM resident-service search for Indiana, but JailATM should be described carefully. It may support services such as deposits, messaging, video, or commissary where enabled by the facility. It is not a public booking-profile page and should not be used as a mugshot roster.
| Service | Posey County Jail Finding | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Address published, inmate-mail format not published. | Ask for name, booking number, housing, postcard, scan, or envelope rules. | |
| Phone calls | Provider and rates not published. | Ask jail staff which phone system is active. |
| Money deposits | JailATM lists Posey County Sheriff's Office. | Confirm accepted deposit types, limits, and whether the person is eligible. |
| Commissary | Vendor rules not published. | Ask for order schedule, spending limits, and blocked items. |
| Video or messages | Local availability not published. | Confirm whether JailATM or another vendor is enabled. |
Posey Jail Building Details
The construction record gives useful context for the current confinement center, but it should not be confused with operating rules. Pauly Jail Building Company describes the Posey County Jail addition and renovation as a detention-facility project with a 19,000 square foot addition, central command center, adjacent inmate day-room, women's medical holding area, recreation area, accessibility work, and 208 beds. Garmong Construction says it served as construction manager and describes a new housing pod, day rooms, renovated existing space, offices, visitation, and booking areas.
The Pauly project page screenshot in the image manifest shows the facility project source used for the addition and renovation details.
The project image supports the building-context section only. It does not publish current visitation, mail, deposit, booking, or roster rules for Posey County Jail / Confinement Center.
Posey Jail Custody Paths
A Posey County arrest can move through several custody systems. Local arrest and booking start with Posey County Jail / Confinement Center. The court case then appears in Indiana MyCase when charges and hearings are filed. If a sentence leads to state-prison custody, the person moves to IDOC reception, classification, and facility assignment. Federal cases may involve the U.S. Marshals before a person is visible in BOP custody. Immigration detention is searched through ICE ODLS, not through the county jail roster.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Local county jail | Jail phone line or sheriff app | Recent Posey County arrests and local jail custody |
| Custody notification | Indiana SAVIN or VINELink | Notification and status fallback, not a full jail roster |
| State prison | IDOC offender locator | Sentenced Indiana prisoners after transfer |
| Federal prison | BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | Detainees searched by A-number or biographical data |
Community Corrections is also local to Posey County and shares the O'Donnell Road physical location, but it is not the jail roster. It handles community-supervision programs and should not be used to confirm whether someone is currently booked into the confinement center.
Posey County Jail Records
Because no public browser roster was located, current jail-record details should be confirmed through the jail phone line or the official sheriff app when available. If a person is not found through those channels, the next practical step is to ask the sheriff's office how it handles Access to Public Records Act requests for booking or jail records. Some details may be withheld or redacted when a record is confidential, investigatory, juvenile, medical, sealed, expunged, or otherwise restricted by law.
For court charges after a Posey County Jail arrest, use MyCase and the Posey County court record channels rather than treating jail booking allegations as final charges. Booking shows custody intake. Court records show the prosecutor's filed charges, cause number, hearings, warrants, bond orders, and case status. For a fuller custody walkthrough, the Posey County jail inmate records page separates jail records from state, federal, and court systems.
Note: Confirm custody and visit rules with the jail before travel, mail, deposits, or relying on an app result.