Vermillion County Inmate Search
Vermillion County inmate records begin with the Vermillion County Sheriff's Office and the jail in Hillsdale. The official sheriff page lists Sheriff Mike Holtkamp, the sheriff address, and phone contacts. The county homepage says the sheriff manages the county jail, prisoners confined in the county, and work-release programs. It also describes the sheriff as an officer of the courts who serves warrants, subpoenas, and process.
The online starting point is INjail, the Indiana County Jail Public Portal. It is an official statewide public portal for county jail searches. Use it for pretrial and short-term county custody, not for state-prison custody. If a person has been sentenced and moved to state custody, the Indiana Department of Correction is the better channel. If the goal is notification of a release or custody event, Indiana VINE serves a different purpose from the jail roster.
The image below comes from the official INjail portal source used for Vermillion County inmate lookup.
Use the roster to check current county jail custody, then call the sheriff or jail when timing, identity, release, or visitor planning needs confirmation.
Use The Vermillion County Roster
INjail search fields visible in the research are last name, first name, birth date, and county. Select Vermillion County when a county filter is available. Search lightly at first, since exact spelling, first-name variants, and booking updates can affect results. The public portal did not expose an individual sample inmate profile through the text browser, so exact result fields should be checked directly on the portal for the person searched.
- Open the Indiana County Jail Public Portal.
- Enter the last name first, then add a first name or birth date only if needed to narrow results.
- Use the county filter for Vermillion County when the portal offers it.
- Review matching results for current custody status and identity details.
- Call the sheriff or jail if the result is missing, unclear, newly booked, or tied to a release question.
County jail data can lag. A person may be in transit, at court, released on bond, held on another agency's warrant, or moved to another custody system. Use the court case record when charge or hearing details are needed, and use the Vermillion County warrant search path when the question is whether a warrant is active before arrest.
Vermillion County Jail Search Fields
The research captured the INjail search fields from the official portal. None should be treated as proof that a person is in custody until the result is reviewed and, when needed, confirmed with the sheriff. Last name is the most useful first field. Birth date helps avoid mistaken identity, but date-of-birth data may be limited in public results.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Optional / recommended | Search by inmate last name; exact minimum was not published in captured text. |
| First Name | Text | Optional | Narrows a last-name search when several people share a surname. |
| Birth Date | Date | Optional | Helps confirm identity; verify the portal's date format when searching. |
| County | Dropdown / filter | Needed for local lookup | Select Vermillion County to limit results to the local jail when available. |
Note: INjail is for county jail custody; it is not the same as a criminal case docket or state-prison offender search.
Vermillion County Inmate Fields
No official sample inmate profile was available from the public text capture, so field claims must stay cautious. Public county jail profiles often focus on current custody and booking context. They may also show charge, case, or bond fields when available. Exact labels can change, and some details may be withheld under privacy, safety, investigatory, or court-access limits.
| Field | What It May Show |
|---|---|
| Name | The listed person in county custody or recently shown by the portal. |
| Current county | The county jail connected to the public listing, such as Vermillion County. |
| Booking or custody status | Whether the person appears to be booked, in custody, released, or otherwise listed. |
| Charge or hold | Possible offense, hold, warrant, or case-related reason for custody when displayed. |
| Bond information | Possible bond amount or type when the jail or court data provides it. |
| Case or court link | Possible cause number or court reference that should be checked in MyCase. |
For criminal court outcomes, read the court file. Jail data is custody focused. A charge shown in a jail result may not be the final filed charge, and it is not the same thing as a conviction.
Vermillion County Booking Records
A jail booking record is created for custody administration. It can follow an arrest warrant, a new arrest, a court order, a hold, or another agency request. The sheriff manages county jail prisoners and work-release programs, while the court and clerk maintain the case record. Those systems overlap when bond, court dates, and filed charges are involved, but each record has its own purpose.
After booking, a person may have an initial hearing, bond review, or other court setting. MyCase may show the court side of those events if the case is public. The jail may know immediate custody status, release processing, transport, and housing limits. If a person is not found in INjail, the result may be due to spelling, release, transfer, late data, a state or federal hold, or a nonpublic juvenile or restricted matter.
| Question | Best Channel | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Is the person in county custody now? | INjail or sheriff phone | Custody status is a jail function. |
| What charge was filed in court? | MyCase or Circuit Court Clerk | The filed charge belongs to the court case. |
| Was there a warrant? | Sheriff, court, or clerk | Active status and court history may be split. |
| Has the person moved to prison? | IDOC | State custody is separate from county jail custody. |
Vermillion County Jail Contact
The Vermillion County Sheriff's Office and jail are the local contact points for custody questions, offender mail, and official records that are not answered through INjail. The sheriff tip/contact page lists several phone numbers. The sheriff page lists the main sheriff number and links the county public-records request form for sheriff-held records.
Vermillion County Jail
1888 S. State Road 63
Hillsdale, IN 47854
(765) 492-3838
Additional phone lines from the sheriff contact page: (765) 492-3737, 665-0142, 832-7785.
The image below comes from the sheriff contact and offender-mail source for Vermillion County inmate records.
That official contact page is the strongest source for mail format and jail phone checks, while visitation and commissary vendor details were not located in official county pages.
Vermillion County Inmate Mail
The sheriff tip/contact page gives the official offender-mail format. Mail should include the jail name, care-of line with the offender name, and the Hillsdale address. The same page states that offender mail must have a return name and address. Call the jail before mailing anything beyond a plain letter, because the research did not locate an official policy for photos, books, money orders, packages, legal mail handling, or rejected-mail reasons.
Mail format: Vermillion County Jail, C/O: Offender Name, 1888 S. State Road 63, Hillsdale, IN 47854.
Do not use third-party jail pages for Vermillion County mail rules unless the sheriff confirms them. Several nonofficial jail-roster and inmate-service pages appeared in search results, but the project research excluded them. The official county source did not name a phone provider, commissary vendor, video-visit vendor, deposit website, or pricing schedule.
VINE, IDOC, And Jail Custody
Indiana VINE and IDOC answer different questions from the Vermillion County jail roster. VINE is a custody-status and victim-notification service. It can help a person receive notice of a custody event, but it is not the official court case file and not a pre-arrest warrant search. The image below comes from the official Indiana VINE custody-notification source.
VINE is best used for alerts after a person is in custody or listed in the notification system. It should be paired with INjail and sheriff phone checks when timing matters.
The Indiana Department of Correction is for sentenced state-prison custody and related state offender information. The image below comes from the official Indiana Department of Correction source.
Use IDOC after a person has moved out of county jail into state custody. For pretrial detention, short jail holds, fresh arrests, or local bond questions, the Vermillion County jail and INjail remain the better starting points.
Visitation And Money Gaps
Official visitation, commissary, phone-provider, video-visitation, deposit, and pricing pages were not located on the Vermillion County sheriff website. That gap should be treated as a fact, not filled with vendor guesses. Call the jail before visiting, sending money, creating a phone account, or mailing items beyond a simple letter.
| Item | Status From Official Sources | Best Next Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not located in official sheriff pages reviewed | Call (765) 492-3737 or (765) 492-3838 |
| Video visitation provider | Not located | Ask the jail before creating any account |
| Remote video pricing | Not located | Confirm directly with the jail |
| Visitor ID requirement | Not located | Ask what ID is required before travel |
| Attorney visits | Not located | Attorney or office should call the jail |
| Commissary deposit options | Not located | Do not send funds until the jail confirms the method |
| Phone call provider | Not located | Verify provider and rates by phone |
Note: No official Vermillion County, Indiana sheriff mobile app was found, and similarly named Illinois app results should not be used.
Restricted Vermillion County Inmate Records
Some jail and inmate records may be public, but not every jail detail must be released. Indiana public-records law and court access rules can limit investigatory records, medical information, juvenile information, sealed court matters, protected addresses, personal identifiers, and security-sensitive jail details. A public roster result can also be incomplete or stale when a person is booked, released, transferred, or taken to court.
For copies, use the county public-records request form and choose Sheriff for sheriff-held booking or jail records. Provide the person's name, date range, record type, and the reason a specific copy is needed. If the request is really for the criminal case, court date, sentence, or charge disposition, contact the Circuit Court Clerk or search MyCase. Jail custody and court records overlap, but they are not the same file.
Indiana Administrative Rule 9 and MyCase access rules affect court records, while the Access to Public Records Act frames requests to county agencies. A requester should expect redactions for dates of birth in public display, social security numbers, financial account data, medical details, minor information, protected addresses, and sealed or expunged case material. Law-enforcement records can also be limited when disclosure would affect an investigation or jail security.
Use official records for decisions. A roster result is not an FCRA consumer report, a sentencing order, or a full criminal history. For employment, licensing, housing, or legal questions, verify the source record with the sheriff, the Circuit Court Clerk, the court, VINE, or IDOC as appropriate.
Sex-offender registration is also a separate record type. The sheriff page links a sex-offender resource, but that registry is not a county jail roster and should not be used to infer current custody in the Vermillion County Jail.