Steuben County Inmate Population Overview
The local custody map is compact. The only detention facility found in the official facility map is the Steuben County Jail, operated by the Steuben County Sheriff's Office in Angola. It holds adults arrested on Steuben County matters, people waiting for criminal court, local sentenced inmates, and some holds while another step is pending. The sheriff's jail page says the building was constructed in 1992, designed for 130 inmates, and later modified to house 178 inmates.
The Steuben County inmate population is not the same thing as every person from the county who is incarcerated. Once a felony sentence sends a person to state prison, the active custody record moves to the Indiana Department of Correction locator. Federal prisoners use the BOP inmate locator, and immigration detainees use ICE ODLS. Indiana SAVIN and VINELink can add notification, but they do not replace the jail roster.
Steuben County Jail Population Data
Population figures need careful labels. The sheriff's published capacity is a local facility figure, not a live count. The Vera Institute county dataset gives annual jail population values that are useful for trend work, but they are not the same as today's roster. The most recent Vera row reviewed for Steuben County lists a 2024 total jail population value of 85 and a jail population rate of 396.9 per 100,000 people age 15 to 64. The same research file also notes that the official county site did not publish a live daily population dashboard.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Original jail design capacity | 130 inmates | Steuben County Sheriff's Office jail page, inspected June 12, 2026 |
| Modified jail capacity | 178 inmates | Steuben County Sheriff's Office jail page, inspected June 12, 2026 |
| Full-time confinement officers | 29 | Steuben County Sheriff's Office jail page, inspected June 12, 2026 |
| Vera total jail population | 85 | Vera Incarceration Trends county CSV, 2024 row |
| Vera jail population rate | 396.9 per 100,000 age 15-64 | Vera Incarceration Trends county CSV, 2024 row |
| County population estimate | 34,799 | STATS Indiana Steuben profile, 2025 estimate |
The official Steuben County Jail page is the source for the capacity and staffing figures above.
Those local details matter because capacity, staffing, visits, mail, commissary, and medical care all come from the jail source, not from a third-party repost.
Steuben County Inmate Population Trends
The Vera series shows a Steuben County jail population that moved above and below 100 across the years reviewed. The 2012 and 2013 rows were near the high point in the extracted set. The 2020 row was much lower, which the research identifies as a COVID-era low rather than a normal capacity baseline. The 2024 value was lower than the 2022 and 2023 values, and all three were below the jail's modified capacity of 178 when compared as dated dataset values.
| Year | Jail population | Interpretation note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 85 | Most recent Vera county row reviewed; not a live roster count. |
| 2023 | 110.75 | Higher than 2024 and below the 178 modified capacity. |
| 2022 | 108.5 | Similar to 2023; Vera also records a pending new-jail proposal. |
| 2020 | 61.25 | Low point in the extracted series. |
| 2019 | 109 | Useful row for pretrial and sentenced custody fields. |
| 2013 | 117 | Highest value among the extracted 2012-2024 rows. |
Vera's jail construction file records a 2022 Steuben County pending new-jail project with a project amount of $20,000,000 and a capacity-before value of 178. The research did not locate an official source showing that project as completed, so the stronger local statement remains the sheriff's current 178 modified capacity.
Steuben County Jail Population Makeup
The sheriff's public pages do not publish a current demographic dashboard by race, age, sex, offense level, or sentence status. Individual INjail records can show race, ethnicity, skin tone, sex, age, height, weight, hair color, and eye color. That is record-level data, not a county-wide public dashboard. Vera's 2019 row gives the most useful category detail in the research file because later rows reviewed did not populate many demographic subfields.
- Pretrial and sentenced custody: Vera's 2019 row lists 54 total pretrial custody and 55 total sentenced custody for Steuben County.
- Male and female fields: Vera's 2019 row lists male 85 and female 10, but the research cautions that these fields do not sum to the total.
- Other agency sources: The same row lists one jail-from-federal value, one jail-from-prison value, five jail-from-other-jail values, and one jail-from-ICE value.
- Current public profile fields: INjail profiles expose demographics and arrest details for individual records when a public detail is available.
These limits are important. A person looking for the Steuben County inmate population should not convert incomplete demographic rows into exact percentages. The reliable use is narrower: show that the jail count includes people waiting for court, people serving local sentences, and some holds connected to other systems.
Laws Governing Steuben County Jail Data
Indiana law sets the public-record frame for jail and arrest information. The Access to Public Records Act gives a right to inspect and copy public agency records during regular business hours unless an exception applies. Indiana law also has specific law-enforcement arrest information rules, county sheriff duties, jail standards, annual statistical reporting, and death-in-custody reporting. These laws do not mean every field, photo, investigation note, or sealed record is online.
Key statutes and rules:
IC 5-14-3-3 gives a public right to inspect and copy public records unless an exception applies.
IC 5-14-3-5 requires certain arrest and jail-action information to be available.
IC 36-2-13-5 places care of the county jail and prisoners within the sheriff's duties.
210 IAC 3 sets Indiana county jail standards, including inspection and reporting duties.
Indiana DCRA reporting covers deaths in local or state correctional facilities.
Search the Steuben County Inmate Population
The public web route for Steuben County jail custody is INjail Public Access, the Indiana County Jail Public Portal. It is a custody and booking lookup, not a court-record search. The sheriff's home page also promotes the official Steuben County Sheriff app, and the Apple and Google app listings advertise Jail Inmate searches. The app is a county-branded access path, while INjail is the statewide public web portal.
- Open INjail Public Access and use the Search tab for a statewide jail search, or the Counties tab for county-specific current inmates.
- Enter a last name first. Add first name, birth date, county, booked-date range, or released-date range to narrow the search.
- Use Steuben County as the county filter when a statewide search returns unrelated records.
- Open the View link when a result appears. The public detail can show identity, demographics, arrest details, holds, and cases.
- If the person is not found, check spelling, date ranges, release status, MyCase, IDOC, BOP, ICE, or the sheriff phone fallback.
The INjail Public Access search screen is the main browser-based starting point for the county jail roster.
Because INjail is statewide, the county filter and date filters help separate Steuben County jail records from similar names in other Indiana counties.
Steuben County Roster Search Fields
The INjail form requires at least one search value. A last-name-only search is often the clean first pass, while first name, birth date, county, and date ranges can reduce false matches. The Booked Between filter can help with recent arrests. The Released Between filter helps when a person may have bonded out or finished a short hold.
| Field label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Conditionally required | Maxlength 50; alpha-only entry; best first search field. |
| First Name | Text | Optional | Useful when common surnames return too many records. |
| Birth Date | Date picker | Optional | Narrows the result when the correct date is known. |
| County | Dropdown | Optional | Use Steuben County to keep the search local. |
| Booked Between | Date range | Optional | Useful for recent arrests or known arrest periods. |
| Released Between | Date range | Optional | Useful for people who may no longer be in custody. |
Steuben County Inmate Record Fields
INjail result rows can show the county, name, age, race, sex, booked date, released date, and a View link. The public detail template adds identity and demographics, arrest details, holds, and cases. A hold can matter as much as a charge because it may stop release even after bond is handled on another matter. A blank or placeholder release field usually means no public release date is shown in that profile.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| INjail ID | Portal-specific identifier for the public record. |
| Booking # | Local booking identifier tied to jail intake. |
| Booked On | Date the jail entered the booking into the system. |
| Arrest Date | Date law enforcement took the person into custody. |
| Arresting Agency | Police or sheriff agency tied to the arrest detail. |
| Holds | Other custody reasons that may affect release. |
| Cases | Court matters connected to the arrest or charge. |
County Jail and State Prison Lookup
The Steuben County jail roster covers local jail custody. It should be checked first for a new arrest, a short local sentence, or a county hold. The IDOC locator should be checked when a person has been convicted and moved into state prison custody. BOP and ICE searches are separate because federal and immigration systems do not use the local county jail roster as their main public locator.
| Custody path | Where to look | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Steuben County jail | INjail Public Access | Current and recent county jail booking records. |
| Indiana prison | IDOC locator | Sentenced prisoners, DOC number, and facility assignment. |
| Federal prison | BOP inmate locator | Federal Bureau of Prisons custody and released-person lookup. |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS | ICE detainee lookup, not local booking photos or court records. |
| Notifications | Indiana SAVIN | Custody-status notification where available. |
Steuben County Detention Facility
The facility map lists one jail facility for Steuben County. No official city jail, regional jail, IDOC prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center physically in the county was located in the reviewed official sources. Community Corrections exists in Angola, but the research did not map it as a public jail roster detention facility.
- Steuben County Jail holds adults arrested on Steuben County matters, pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, and some holds awaiting the next custody step.
Steuben County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Steuben County inmate population?
The most recent Vera county row reviewed lists a 2024 jail population value of 85. The sheriff's jail page lists a modified capacity of 178 inmates. Those figures serve different purposes. Vera's value is a dated dataset figure, while the sheriff's capacity number describes how many people the facility has been modified to house.
How do I search the Steuben County inmate population?
Use INjail Public Access for the browser-based county jail roster. The sheriff also promotes the official Steuben County Sheriff app, whose app-store listings advertise Jail Inmate searches. If a person is not found, use phone, in-person, records-request, MyCase, IDOC, BOP, ICE, and SAVIN channels based on the custody path.
Can I look up a past inmate?
INjail includes released-date filters, so a recent release may still be searchable. The research did not locate a published Steuben retention period for older jail records. For historical booking records that are not online, make a clear APRA request to the Sheriff's Office with the person's name, booking date, and requested record type.
Does the jail roster show court charges?
The roster can show arrest and case components, but it is not the official court record. Court records after a jail arrest are searched in MyCase and through the Steuben County Clerk when documents are not online. Booking charges can change after prosecutor review.