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Tipton County Corrections Center Overview

The Tipton County Corrections Center is operated by the Tipton County Sheriff's Office at 2300 W Old SR 28 in Tipton. It is a county jail and corrections center, not an IDOC prison. The county says its primary function is to house pretrial detainees and people convicted and ordered to serve county-level time. It also houses people convicted of Level 6 felonies who previously would have been housed by the Indiana Department of Correction.

The current facility opened in March 2020 and replaced the former county jail and sheriff's residence on Madison Street. The Jail Division page gives the building size as 36,000 square feet and the general housing bed space as 84 beds. A separate county history page says the fifth jail houses 98 beds along with Sheriff's Administration and Patrol. Both statements are useful, and both should be kept in context rather than merged into one unsupported capacity number.

Tipton County Corrections Center Capacity

The best verified local population facts for Tipton County Corrections Center are capacity and staffing. The county did not publish a current average daily population or public demographic table in the sources located for this build. The facility does publish operational facts: the jail division includes 21 full-time jail deputies, 4 full-time support staff, and 2 part-time support staff, with many employees working 12-hour shifts.

Search Tipton County Corrections Center

For current custody, start with the sheriff's current-inmates link or INjail Public Access. The research found that the public portal can search by last name, first name, birth date, county, booked-between, and released-between fields. It also found a caution specific to Tipton: the county resolved by FIPS endpoint but did not appear in the public county dropdown during direct inspection. The jail phone line remains an important backup.

1. Open the sheriff's current-inmates link or the INjail public search page.
2. Search by last name first, then add first name, birth date, or date filters.
3. Open the public profile if a result appears.
4. Read booking date, release date, holds, charges, case details, and bond if listed.
5. Call (765) 675-7004 if the portal does not confirm the person.
6. Use IDOC, BOP, ICE, or SAVIN if the custody path is outside Tipton County jail.

Sentenced state prisoners from Tipton County cases should be searched through the Indiana Department of Correction locator after transfer. Federal sentenced custody belongs in the BOP locator, and immigration detention belongs in ICE ODLS.

Tipton County Corrections Center Contact

The jail and sheriff's office share the sheriff's campus west of central Tipton. The Jail Division contact block says the jail is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Sheriff's administrative office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Use that distinction carefully: custody intake may run around the clock, while administrative records questions may follow office hours.

Tipton County Corrections Center Visits

All visits are scheduled through Combined Public Communication at CPCJAIL.COM or 1-877-998-5678. Tipton County says each person in sheriff custody is permitted one free 15-minute visit per week, and that free visit must be completed from the jail lobby. Additional remote visits can be arranged through the same website or phone number and are not free. The county also warns that visitation is not guaranteed due to the excessive number of inmates.

Visitors may not bring weapons, purses, handbags, electronic devices including cell phones or pagers, diaper bags, strollers, infant seats, food, or drink into the visitation area. Clothing restrictions include no halter tops, swimwear, or bare-midriff tops, and shoes and shirts are required.

Tipton County Corrections Center Mail

Tipton County inmates can receive traditional U.S. Postal Service mail and email through Combined Public Communication. Traditional mail must be sent through the post office and cannot be hand-delivered. Mail is delivered between 2:00 and 10:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Sender full name and address are required, with no initials or abbreviations.

Photos are handled in a specific way. The county says pictures are not limited because they are scanned into the inmate's digital profile and saved onto the kiosk in the assigned unit. Books and magazines must be new and shipped from the publisher or warehouse. Hardback books and sexually explicit material are not accepted, and newspapers must come by direct subscription from the news agency.

Commissary and Phone Calls

Inmates cannot have cash in the jail. Funds go into commissary accounts for approved purchases such as hygiene items, food items, clothing items, and writing materials. Deposits can be made through JailATM, by mailed money order in care of the inmate, or by cash through the jail lobby kiosk. No cash or checks are accepted through the mail.

Booking at Tipton County Corrections Center

The jail has a Book-In area directly observed by the elevated central control room. County material describes that direct observation as an added safety feature for staff and people in custody. Booking can include identity confirmation, the booking record, search and property handling, medical screening, booking photo, phone access, and classification. Tipton's public pages do not publish exact booking-duration estimates, roster refresh frequency, or property-release rules, so those details should be confirmed with the jail.

Book-In

Tipton County's term for the intake area where people are received into jail custody.

Classification

Housing and security assignment based on risk, needs, medical issues, mental-health concerns, and facility rules.

Level 6 felony commitment

Indiana low-level felony custody category that may be held in county jail under state practice.

Detainer

A hold or notice from another agency that may affect release.

Tipton County Jail Programs

The jail's inmate information pages describe meals, religious services, phone access, medical care, clothing rules, and a substance-abuse program called Thinking for a Change. Meals are served three times a day, including weekends and holidays, and the county says meals are never withheld as discipline. Religious services are held twice weekly for eligible units, with chaplaincy counseling as time allows.

Medical care includes a nurse available daily, a doctor as needed, dental care as needed, and prescription medication review through medical staff and the jail physician. The 2020 facility includes a housing unit designed for inmates with mental-health issues. The county also states that completion of Thinking for a Change can result in a seven-day time credit under court and jail rules.

PREA and Tipton Jail History

The Tipton County PREA page states a zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct and sexual assault and says reported incidents will be investigated. Reports can be made through the jail's identified process, and the research notes Captain Ray Sheppard in the PREA contact context. Safety reporting should be directed to the jail or sheriff, not to a search website.

The county's jail history is unusually specific. The former jail and sheriff's residence at 121 W. Madison Street was constructed in 1894-95, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and closed as a correctional facility in 2020. The current 2300 W Old SR 28 facility is the fifth jail in Tipton County history, so visitors should not use the historic jail address for custody, visitation, mail, or commissary.

The county history page documents the move from the historic jail to the current corrections center.

The historic jail screenshot is included only to distinguish the closed Madison Street site from the active corrections center on Old SR 28.